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Volume 2: Mechanics and Behavior of Active Materials; Integrated System Design and Implementation; Bioinspired Smart Materials and Systems; Energy Harvesting
Mechanics and Behavior of Active Materials
Experimental Analysis and Validation of a Circular Dielectric Electroactive Polymer Actuator Operating Against Various Loading Conditions
Topics:
Actuators
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Conducting polymers
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Experimental analysis
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Stress
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Density
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Energy efficiency
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Life testing
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Linear motors
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Materials properties
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Noise (Sound)
Experimental Investigation and Numerical Simulation of the Mechanical and Thermal Behavior of a Superelastic Shape Memory Alloy Beam During Bending
Johannes Ullrich, Marvin Schmidt, Andreas Schütze, André Wieczorek, Jan Frenzel, Gunther Eggeler, Stefan Seelecke
Topics:
Computer simulation
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Shape memory alloys
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Deformation
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Phase transitions
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Actuators
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Cooling
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Nickel
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Strips
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Temperature
,
Titanium
Integrated System Design and Implementation
Vehicle Propulsion by Solid State Motion
Lucas Jones, Josh Spahnie, Kevin Lefeave, Charles Haltom, Adam Underwood, Jacob Aber, V. V. N. Sriram Malladi, Bryan S. Joyce, Pablo A. Tarazaga
Topics:
Propulsion
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Vehicles
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Traveling waves
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Signals
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Boundary-value problems
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Piezoelectric actuators
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Resonance
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Underwater vehicles
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Water
A Soft Combustion-Driven Pump for Soft Robots
Constantinos Stergiopulos, Daniel Vogt, Michael T. Tolley, Michael Wehner, Jabulani Barber, George M. Whitesides, Robert J. Wood
Topics:
Combustion
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Pumps
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Robots
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Methane
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Combustion chambers
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Flow (Dynamics)
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Design
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Diaphragms (Mechanical devices)
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Diaphragms (Structural)
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Elastomers
Bioinspired Smart Materials and Systems
Underwater Dynamic Actuation of Macro-Fiber Composite Flaps With Different Aspect Ratios: Electrohydroelastic Modeling, Testing, and Characterization
Topics:
Composite materials
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Fibers
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Modeling
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Testing
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Mechanical admittance
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Cantilevers
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Electrodes
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Piezoelectricity
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Actuators
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Aluminum
Mechanotransduction of Multi-Hair Droplet Arrays
Topics:
Drops
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Currents
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Membranes
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Sensors
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Signals
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Air flow
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Electrodes
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Manufacturing
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Vibration
Fluidic Flexible Matrix Composites for Volume Management in Prosthetic Sockets
Melina Mercier, Corin Shirley, Shelby Stafford, Sydney Hitzke, Achu Byju, Chris Kevorkian, Michael Madigan, Michael Philen
Topics:
Artificial limbs
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Composite materials
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Prostheses
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Reservoirs
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Semiconductor wafers
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Fluctuations (Physics)
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Fluid dynamics
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Fluids
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Skin
,
Soft tissues
Artificial Hair Sensors: Electro-Mechanical Characterization
David M. Phillips, Keith A. Slinker, Cody W. Ray, Benjamin J. Hagen, Jeffery W. Baur, Benjamin T. Dickinson, Gregory W. Reich
Topics:
Sensors
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Carbon nanotubes
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Air flow
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Boundary layers
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Electrodes
,
Aircraft
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Algorithms
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Contact resistance
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Control systems
,
Deflection
Energy Harvesting
Analysis of the Wrist-Wearable Energy Harvester With Vibrating Piezoelectric Multiple Bimorph Cantilevers Using FEM and Topology Optimization
Topics:
Cantilevers
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Energy harvesting
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Finite element methods
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Finite element model
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Optimization
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Topology
,
Piezoelectric materials
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Blades
,
Deformation
,
Density
Investigating the Feasibility of Tuning the Natural Frequency of an Electromagnetically-Transduced Energy Harvester Using Passively-Controlled Inductance
Topics:
Energy harvesting
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Resonance
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Vibration
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Springs
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Stiffness
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Damping
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Energy dissipation
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Excitation
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Electrical components
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Kinetic energy
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