Transient thermo-mechanical analysis for bimorph soft robot based on thermally responsive liquid crystal elastomers
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DOI: 10.1007/s10483-019-2495-8
Abstract: Thermally responsive liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) hold great promise in applications of soft robots and actuators because of the induced size and shape change with temperature. Experiments have successfully demonstrated that the LCE based bimorphs… read more here.
Keywords: thermo mechanical; bimorph; responsive liquid; liquid crystal ... See more keywords
High accuracy comsol simulation method of bimorph cantilever for piezoelectric vibration energy harvesting
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DOI: 10.1063/1.5119328
Abstract: Piezoelectric bimorph cantilever is a typical structure for vibration energy harvesting. This paper studies the method to improve the accuracy of FEA (finite element analysis) simulation for piezoelectric bimorph cantilever. The COSMOL simulation methods based… read more here.
Keywords: bimorph cantilever; bimorph; comsol simulation; accuracy ... See more keywords
Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of Bimorph Micromachined Harvester With Asymmetrical PZT Films
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DOI: 10.1109/jmems.2019.2920213
Abstract: This paper presents a high-performance bimorph MEMS cantilever harvester with partially covered asymmetrical functional piezoelectric layers on both sides of a beryllium bronze foil. The optimal PZT coverage length is employed to improve the output… read more here.
Keywords: tex math; inline formula; pzt; bimorph ... See more keywords