http://imechanica.org/node/2907 Comments for "Elastic dielectrics, slides for a short tutorial" en http://imechanica.org/node/2907#comment-6956 <p> i will learn that and introduce to my class. </p> <p> thank you very much. </p> <br class="clear" /> Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:39:39 -0400 zhan-sheng guo comment 6956 at http://imechanica.org http://imechanica.org/node/2907 <p> <a href="http://micro.seas.harvard.edu/">Rob Wood</a> teaches a course on micro/nano robotics, and asks me to give a 30-minute tutorial on the theory of dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs).&nbsp; I attach my slides, which might be useful to you if you&#39;d like to include this topic in your class.&nbsp; The tutorial draws upon work in the literature, as well as recent work in my group: </p> <ul> <li>Xuanhe Zhao, Zhigang Suo, <a href="http://www.seas.harvard.edu/suo/papers/198.pdf">Method to analyze electromechanical stability of dielectric elastomers</a>, <em>Applied Physics Letters</em> <strong>91</strong>, 061921 (2007).&nbsp; (<a href="/node/1456">Discussion of this paper in iMechanica</a>) </li> <li>Xuanhe Zhao, Wei Hong and Zhigang Suo, <a href="http://www.seas.harvard.edu/suo/papers/196.pdf">Electromechanical coexistent states and hysteresis in dielectric elastomers</a>, <em>Physical Review B </em><strong>76</strong>,134113 (2007).&nbsp; (<a href="/node/1283">Discussion of this paper in iMechanica</a>)</li> <li>Zhigang Suo, Xuanhe Zhao and William H. Greene, <a href="http://www.seas.harvard.edu/suo/papers/188.pdf">A nonlinear field theory of deformable dielectrics </a>. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids <strong>56</strong>, 467-286 (2008).&nbsp; (<a href="/node/635">Discussion of this paper in iMechanica</a>)</li> </ul> <br class="clear" /> http://imechanica.org/node/2907#comments education actuator dielectric elastomer slides suo group research Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:33:56 -0400 Zhigang Suo 2907 at http://imechanica.org