A FINITE ELEMENT METHOD FOR DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER TRANSDUCERS  

作　　者：Shaoxing Qu Zhigang Suo 

机构地区：[1]Department of Engineering Mechanics,Zhejiang University,Hangzhou 310027,China [2]Soft Matter Research Center(SMRC),Zhejiang University,Hangzhou 310027,China [3]School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,Harvard University,Cambridge,MA 02138,USA

出　　处：《Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica》2012年第5期459-466,共8页固体力学学报（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 10832009);the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (NCET-08-0480);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,and MRSEC at Harvard University;support by the China Scholarship Council Foundation and Harvard University through the sponsoring of a nine-month visit at Harvard University

摘　　要：We present a finite element method for dielectric elastomer （DE） transducers based on the nonlinear field theory of DE. The method is implemented in the commercial finite element software ABAQUS, which provides a large library functions to describe finite elasticity. This method can be used to solve electromechanical coupling problems of DE transducers with complex configurations and under inhomogeneous deformation.We present a finite element method for dielectric elastomer （DE） transducers based on the nonlinear field theory of DE. The method is implemented in the commercial finite element software ABAQUS, which provides a large library functions to describe finite elasticity. This method can be used to solve electromechanical coupling problems of DE transducers with complex configurations and under inhomogeneous deformation.

关 键 词：finite element method dielectric elastomer electromechanical coupling 

分 类 号：TP391.7[自动化与计算机技术—计算机应用技术] O241.82[自动化与计算机技术—计算机科学与技术]