Mechanics of dielectric elastomer structures: A review

T Lu, C Ma, T Wang - Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2020 - Elsevier
In the past decade, the development of theory has deeply revealed the electromechanical
coupling deformation mechanism of dielectric elastomer (DE). Many theoretical predictions …

Silent pumpers: a comparative topical overview of the peristaltic pum** principle in living nature, engineering, and biomimetics

F Esser, T Masselter, T Speck - Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This synopsis presents the state‐of‐the‐art of peristaltic pump systems in biomimetics and
living nature, and allows for a comparison by highlighting the differences in structure and …

A physically based visco-hyperelastic constitutive model for soft materials

Y ** in a finite micro-channel: Effects of Joule heating and Helmholtz-Smoluchowski velocity
D Tripathi, A Sharma, OA Bég - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2017 - Elsevier
The present article studies theoretically the electrokinetic pum** of nanofluids with heat
and mass transfer in a micro-channel under peristaltic waves, a topic of some interest in …

A one-dimensional model for axisymmetric deformations of an inflated hyperelastic tube of finite wall thickness

X Yu, Y Fu - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2023 - Elsevier
We derive a one-dimensional (1d) model for the analysis of bulging or necking in an inflated
hyperelastic tube of finite wall thickness from the three-dimensional (3d) finite elasticity …

Feasibility of a dielectric elastomer augmented aorta

M Almanza, F Clavica, J Chavanne, D Moser… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Although heart transplantation is a gold standard for severe heart failure, there is a need for
alternative effective therapies. A dielectric‐elastomer aorta is used to augment the …

Nonlinear deformation and instability of a dielectric elastomer tube actuator

L Liu, Y Han, Z **ng, H Yong - International Journal of Non-Linear …, 2022 - Elsevier
The mechanical response and electromechanical instability (EMI) of a dielectric elastomer
tube actuator (DETA) under the coupling loadings of voltage, internal pressure and axial …

Axisymmetric vibration of multilayered electroactive circular plates in contact with fluid

Y Cao, B Wu, E Carrera, S Rudykh, W Chen - Journal of Sound and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Soft electroactive materials (SEAMs), which possess significant advantages over
conventional hard materials, have attracted great attention in recent years. They have been …

Bulging of dielectric elastomer tubes considering residual stress and viscoelasticity

L Liu, Y Han, H Yong - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the impacts of residual stress and viscoelasticity on the bifurcation
and post-bifurcation behaviors of dielectric elastomer tube actuator (DETA) with finite …

Soft display using photonic crystals on dielectric elastomers

T Yin, T Wu, D Zhong, J Liu, X Liu, Z Han… - … applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Soft display has been intensively studied in recent years in the wake of rapid development of
a variety of soft materials. The currently existing solutions for translating the traditional hard …