Large-scale failure modes of dielectric elastomer actuators

DOI10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2006.03.026zbMath1120.74789OpenAlexW2020827074MaRDI QIDQ2456329

Steven Dubowsky, Jean-Sébastien Plante

Publication date: 17 October 2007

Published in: International Journal of Solids and Structures (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2006.03.026

zbMATH Keywords

performancefailuremodelelastomerfundamentalDielectric

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fracture and damage (74R99) Electromagnetic effects in solid mechanics (74F15)

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