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Paper Abstract
Dielectric Elastomer Transducers (DETs) are a promising technology for the development of actuators, generators and sensors with high performance and low cost. Practical application and economic viability of DETs is strongly affected by their reliability and lifetime, which depend on the maximum strain and electrical loads that are cyclically applied on such devices. To date, only limited information is available on the fatigue life performances of dielectric elastomer materials and of the transducers made thereof. This paper reports on a first lifetime constant electric-stress test campaign conducted on 38 free-expanding frame-stretched circular DET specimens, made of the silicone elastomer film Elastosil 2030 250/150 by Wacker with blade-casted carbon-black silicone-elastomer electrodes, that have been subjected to nearly square wave electric field signals with 1 Hz frequency, 50% duty cycle and with amplitudes ranging from 65 MV/m to 80 MV/m.
Paper Details
Date Published: 13 March 2019
PDF: 10 pages
Proc. SPIE 10966, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) XXI, 1096616 (13 March 2019); doi: 10.1117/12.2515312
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 10966:
Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) XXI
Yoseph Bar-Cohen, Editor(s)
PDF: 10 pages
Proc. SPIE 10966, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) XXI, 1096616 (13 March 2019); doi: 10.1117/12.2515312
Show Author Affiliations
Yi Chen, Univ. degli Studi di Bologna (Italy)
Lorenzo Agostini, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (Italy)
Giacomo Moretti, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (Italy)
Lorenzo Agostini, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (Italy)
Giacomo Moretti, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (Italy)
Giovanni Berselli, Univ. degli Studi di Genova (Italy)
Marco Fontana, Univ. degli Studi di Trento (Italy)
Rocco Vertechy, Univ. degli Studi di Bologna (Italy)
Marco Fontana, Univ. degli Studi di Trento (Italy)
Rocco Vertechy, Univ. degli Studi di Bologna (Italy)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 10966:
Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) XXI
Yoseph Bar-Cohen, Editor(s)
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