In concept and execution, this book covers the field of EAP with careful attention to all its key aspects and full infrastructure, including the available materials, analytical models, processing techniques, and characterization methods. In this second edition the reader is brought current on promis
Artificial Muscle Actuators Using Electroactive Polymers
โ Scribed by Pietro Vincenzini; Yoseph Bar-Cohen; Federico Carpi
- Publisher
- Trans Tech Publications, Limited
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 215
- Series
- Advances in Science and Technology Ser.
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
The 27 peer-reviewed papers collected here together offer a plenitude of up-to-date information on "Artificial Muscle Actuators using Electroactive Polymers". The papers are conveniently arranged into the chapters: 1: Materials; 2: Analysis, physical mechanisms and characterization; 3: Devices and applications. This special volume has also been published online in the series, "Advances in Science and Technology" Vol. 61.
โฆ Subjects
SCI077000
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