Actuation capability of a dielectric elastomer balloon actuator

Feifei Chen; Michael Yu Wang

doi:10.1109/ICCA.2016.7505344

Actuation capability of a dielectric elastomer balloon actuator

Feifei Chen, Michael Yu Wang

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Dielectric elastomers show great promise for soft actuators. As the allowable deformation range of dielectric elastomers is strictly limited by the material failures, the actuation ability of a dielectric elastomer actuator is accordingly bounded. Although the material failures have been well studied, little literature has been released regarding the maximum actuation ability of a dielectric elastomer actuator. Taking a dielectric elastomer balloon as an example, this paper proposes a novel concept of the actuation capability of a dielectric elastomer balloon actuator concerning not only quasi-static states but also dynamic states, analyzes the actuation capability in terms of various operating conditions of the balloon actuator, and thus suggests how to operate the balloon actuator in order to obtain the largest actuation range. This new concept offers a significant guidance for applications of the balloon actuator.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	12th IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation, ICCA 2016
Publisher	IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	605-610
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509017386
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCA.2016.7505344
Publication status	Published - 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation 2016 - Kathmandu, Nepal Duration: 1 Jun 2016 → 3 Jun 2016 Conference number: 12th https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/7502221/proceeding (Proceedings)

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Name	IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation, ICCA
Volume	2016-July
ISSN (Print)	1948-3449
ISSN (Electronic)	1948-3457

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Conference	IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation 2016
Abbreviated title	ICCA 2016
Country/Territory	Nepal
City	Kathmandu
Period	1/06/16 → 3/06/16
Internet address	https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/7502221/proceeding (Proceedings)

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Chen, F & Wang, MY 2016, Actuation capability of a dielectric elastomer balloon actuator. in 12th IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation, ICCA 2016. IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation, ICCA, vol. 2016-July, IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, pp. 605-610, IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation 2016, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1/06/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCA.2016.7505344

Actuation capability of a dielectric elastomer balloon actuator. / Chen, Feifei; Wang, Michael Yu.
12th IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation, ICCA 2016. IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2016. p. 605-610 (IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation, ICCA; Vol. 2016-July).

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