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The applications and feasibility of utilizing dielectric elastomer electroactive polymers in the industrial and medical sectors has drastically increased in recent years due to significant improvements in actuation potential, manufacturing, the introduction of new materials and modeling capabilities. One such development is the introduction of chemical pre-strain as a method of providing enhanced actuation. The purpose of this study was to utilize finite element analysis to analyze the mechanical actuation of an industrial fluoropolymer with chemical induced pre-strain and validate the model with experiential results. Results generated from the finite element analysis showed similar trends to results produced experimentally.
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Brittany Newell, Gary Krutz, Frank Stewart, Kevin Pascal, "Chemically pre-strained dielectric elastomers finite element analysis," Proc. SPIE 10163, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2017, 101630T (17 April 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2258739