Nonlinear electroelasticity

@article{citeulike:1319515, abstract = {Summary. Electro-sensitive (ES) elastomers are “smart materials” whose mechanical properties may be changed significantly by the application of an electric field. In this paper, we provide a theoretical basis for the characterization of the nonlinear electroelastic properties of these materials. The theory is then applied to some simple prototype boundary-value problems in order to illustrate the effect of an electric field on the mechanical response.}, author = {Dorfmann, A. and Ogden, R. W. }, citeulike-article-id = {1319515}, doi = {10.1007/s00707-004-0202-2}, journal = {Acta Mechanica}, keywords = {eap}, month = {March}, number = {3}, pages = {167--183}, posted-at = {2007-05-22 16:55:17}, priority = {2}, title = {Nonlinear electroelasticity}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00707-004-0202-2}, volume = {174}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1319515 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1319515 TI - Nonlinear electroelasticity JF - Acta Mechanica VL - 174 IS - 3 SP - 167 EP - 183 N2 - Summary. Electro-sensitive (ES) elastomers are “smart materials” whose mechanical properties may be changed significantly by the application of an electric field. In this paper, we provide a theoretical basis for the characterization of the nonlinear electroelastic properties of these materials. The theory is then applied to some simple prototype boundary-value problems in order to illustrate the effect of an electric field on the mechanical response. KW - eap AU - Dorfmann, A AU - Ogden, RW PY - 2005/03/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00707-004-0202-2 ER -