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15 April 2016The behavior of dielectric elastomer actuators connected in series and parallel
Dielectric elastomer membrane has the ability of shrinking the thickness and expanding surface area when a voltage is applied through its thickness. Dielectric elastomer has been widely studied and used as dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA), dielectric elastomer generator (DEG) and dielectric elastomer sensor (DES). We study the behavior of several DEAs connected in series and parallel, and find that the different connecting models can achieve different responses of the DEAs. DEAs connected in series can enhance the actuation, while DEA connected in parallel can enhance the actuation force. In our experiment, DEAs connected in series and parallel are loaded in actuation direction under a dead load providing pre-stretch. We discuss the results of the experiments and give the conclusions.
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Guorui Li, Yiming Liang, Xuxu Yang, Tingyu Cheng, Zhilong Huang, Tiefeng Li, "The behavior of dielectric elastomer actuators connected in series and parallel," Proc. SPIE 9798, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2016, 97980R (15 April 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2219023