Transversely isotropic non-linear electro-active elastomers

Bustamante, R

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