Transversely isotropic non-linear electro-active elastomers
Abstract
Electro-active or electro-sensitive elastomers are 'smartmaterials', which are composed of a rubber-like basis material filled with electro-active particles, and as a result, their properties are able to change significantly by the application of electric fields. In this paper, we provide the theoretical basis of the non-linear properties for a special class of these materials, namely, the transversely isotropic electro-active elastomers, whose characteristic is that during the curing process, due to the presence of an external applied field, the electro-active particles are aligned in a preferred direction. The theory is applied to some boundary value problems. As well as this, a linear approximation is obtained from the general non-linear formulation, which is compared with the results of the classical theory for piezoelectric materials. © Springer-Verlag 2008.
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Título según WOS: | Transversely isotropic non-linear electro-active elastomers |
Título según SCOPUS: | Transversely isotropic non-linear electro-active elastomers |
Título de la Revista: | ACTA MECHANICA |
Volumen: | 206 |
Número: | 03-abr |
Editorial: | SPRINGER WIEN |
Fecha de publicación: | 2009 |
Página de inicio: | 237 |
Página final: | 259 |
Idioma: | English |
URL: | http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00707-008-0092-9 |
DOI: |
10.1007/s00707-008-0092-9 |
Notas: | ISI, SCOPUS |