Browsing Mathematics (Scholarly Articles) by Subject "Pull-in instability"

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    • Catastrophic thinning of dielectric elastomers 

      Zurlo, G.; Destrade, Michel; DeTommasi, M.; Puglisi, G. (American Physical Society, 2017-02-15)
      We provide an energetic insight into the catastrophic nature of thinning instability in soft electroactive elastomers. This phenomenon is a major obstacle to the development of giant actuators, yet it is neither completely ...

    • Tuning the pull-in instability of soft dielectric elastomers through loading protocols 

      Su, Y.P.; Chen, W.Q.; Destrade, Michel (Elsevier, 2019-03-22)
      Pull-in (or electro-mechanical) instability occurs when a drastic decrease in the thickness of a dielectric elastomer results in electrical breakdown, which limits the applications of dielectric devices. Here we derive the ...