Material Characterization of a Dielectric Elastomer for the Design of a Linear Actuator

Electrical motors and/or hydraulics and pneumatics cylinders are commonly used methods of actuation in mechanical systems. Over the last two decades, due to arising market needs, novel self-independent mobile systems such as mobility assistive devices have emerged with the help of new advancements i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Helal, Alexander Tristan
Other Authors: Doumit, Marc
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2017
Subjects:
VHB
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/36640
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-20920