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A Finite Element Method for Inhomogeneous Deformation of Viscoelastic Dielectric Elastomers

Published:2015-10 Issue:05 Volume:07 Page:1550069
ISSN:1758-8251
Container-title:International Journal of Applied Mechanics
language:en
Short-container-title:Int. J. Appl. Mechanics

Author:

Foo Choon Chiang¹,Zhang Zhi-Qian¹

Affiliation:

1. Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR, 1 Fusionopolis Way, #16-16 Connexis, Singapore 138632, Singapore

Abstract

Viscoelasticity is known to adversely affect the performance of a dielectric elastomer actuator and limit its application. In this paper, we present a finite element method for dielectric elastomers based on a nonlinear field theory that couples viscoelasticity and electrostatics. This method is implemented in a commercial finite element software. We use the method to solve electromechanical coupling problems of viscoelastic dielectric elastomers under inhomogeneous deformation in various configurations.

Publisher

World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

Subject

Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,General Materials Science

Link

https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/pdf/10.1142/S1758825115500696

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