Tunable anti-plane wave bandgaps in 2D periodic hard-magnetic soft composites

S Padmanabhan, Z Alam, AK Sharma - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present a theoretical model for the analysis of large magneto-deformation
and the anti-plane shear wave bandgaps in 2D periodic two-phase hard magnetic soft …

Viscoelastic effects on the nonlinear oscillations of hard-magnetic soft actuators

S Nandan, D Sharma… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The hard-magnetic soft materials (HMSMs) belong to the magnetoactive category of smart
polymers that undergo large actuation strain under an externally applied magnetic field and …

Dynamic modeling and analysis of viscoelastic hard-magnetic soft actuators with thermal effects

D Sharma, AK Sharma - International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 2024 - Elsevier
Hard-magnetic soft materials (HMSMs) are a class of magnetoactive smart polymers
capable of sustaining a high residual magnetic flux density and can undergo large actuation …

[HTML][HTML] Smart electro-magneto-viscoelastomer minimum energy structures with particle-reinforcements: Theoretical equilibrium and nonlinear dynamics of actuated …

A Khurana, S Naskar, RK Varma… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Soft transduction technology is rapidly adopting soft active elastomer-based minimum
energy structures because of their distinctive programmable shape-morphing …

Dynamic modeling of hard-magnetic soft actuators: Unraveling the role of polymer chain entanglements, crosslinks, and finite extensibility

S Nandan, D Sharma, AK Sharma - Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, there has been increasing interest in hard-magnetic soft materials (HMSMs)
due to their ability to retain high residual magnetization and undergo large deformations …

Effect of geometrical parameters on the nonlinear behavior of DE-based minimum energy structures: Numerical modeling and experimental investigation

TS Subramaniya Siva, A Khurana… - Mechanics of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This work presents a finite element framework for simulating the quasi-static response of
dielectric elastomer-based minimum energy structure (DEMES). The DEMES is an actuator …

Thermo-electro-mechanical effects on nonlinear dynamics of smart dielectric elastomer minimum energy structures

AK Pandey, A Khurana, AK Sharma - European Journal of Mechanics-A …, 2024 - Elsevier
Minimum energy structures made up of smart electro-active polymers (SEAPs) have
attracted significant attention in the field of soft robotics and actuators due to their …

Dynamic modeling and analysis of soft dielectric elastomer balloon actuator with polymer chains crosslinks, entanglements and finite extensibility

AP Singh, AK Sharma - International Journal of Applied Mechanics, 2024 - World Scientific
Soft dielectric elastomers (SDEs) represent a category of intelligent electroactive materials
utilized in electro-mechanical actuation technology. The dynamic performance of these …

Modeling and analysis of a thermo-electro-magneto-viscoelastic actuator

AK Patra, A Khurana, D Kumar - International Journal of Applied …, 2024 - World Scientific
This study examines the dynamics of a smart actuator known as a thermo-electro-magneto-
viscoelastic plate. This type of actuator is made of an electro-magneto-active polymer filled …

Dynamic modeling and residual vibration suppression of electrostatically driven soft dielectric elastomer minimum energy structures

AK Pandey, A Khurana, AK Sharma - European Journal of Mechanics-A …, 2023 - Elsevier
Dielectric elastomers (DEs), a special class of soft electro-active polymers that undergo finite
deformation under external electrical stimuli, offer a wide range of applications that include …