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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 94, Issue 26, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.3167773
Keywords
dielectric devices; elastomers; electric breakdown; electric generators; electromechanical effects; mechanical stability
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- Agency for Science, Technology and Research A*STAR, Singapore
- National Science Foundation [CMMI-0800161]
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Mechanical energy can be converted to electrical energy by using a dielectric elastomer generator. The elastomer is susceptible to various modes of failure, including electrical breakdown, electromechanical instability, loss of tension, and rupture by stretch. The modes of failure define a cycle of maximal energy that can be converted. This cycle is represented on planes of work-conjugate coordinates and may be used to guide the design of practical cycles.
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