Dimensionless parameter-based numerical model for double conical dielectric elastomer actuators

TL;DR: Dielectric elastomer-based actuators are attractive for soft robotics due to their high degrees of freedom, mimicking living organisms, and ability to store and transfer energy and information efficiently.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an easy-to-follow implementation of the OPD equations for circular DEAs via a detailed numerical solution using the shooting method (SM) on a system of differential algebraic equations (DAE), based on previous theoretical work.

TL;DR: In this article , the effects of a varying permittivity on the out-of-plane deformation of a circular DE, using a model derived from principles of strain-induced polymer birefringence.

TL;DR: In this article , the effects of a varying permittivity on the out-of-plane deformation of a circular DE, using a model derived from principles of strain-induced polymer birefringence.

TL;DR: In this article, the problem of least square problems with non-linear normal equations is solved by an extension of the standard method which insures improvement of the initial solution, which can also be considered an extension to Newton's method.

TL;DR: It is shown that prestraining the film further improves the performance of electrical actuators made from films of dielectric elastomers coated on both sides with compliant electrode material.

TL;DR: In this article, an eight-chain representation of the underlying macromolecular network structure of the rubber and the non-Gaussian behavior of the individual chains in the proposed network is proposed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a theory of dielectric elastomers, developed within continuum mechanics and thermodynamics, and motivated by molecular pictures and empirical observations, which couples large deformation and electric potential, and describes nonlinear and nonequilibrium behavior, such as electromechanical instability and viscoelasticity.