was made as a circular actuator and investigated for displacement response of the different voltage waveform
amplitude and frequency as driven by AC voltage and pulsating DC voltage. The influences that the above factors bring to electroactive displacement of DE actuator were investigated through experiments. The experimental results lead to the following conclusions. The displacement differs with different wave of voltage
which decreases driven by square
sine and triangular wave of voltage respectively with other conditions remained while the reduction speed increases with the increasing frequency. The displacement increases with the increasing amplitude of voltage and decreases with the increasing frequency of voltage. The relation between displacement and amplitude as well as frequency of drive voltage gets nonlinear. The drive process is more stable driven by pulsating DC voltage than that driven by AC voltage. Comparing the experimental results of DE actuators with 2×2
3×3 and 4×4 pre-strain
the conclusion shows that the electric field strength for DE actuator with 4×4 pre-strain is higher than that for the DE actuator with 2×2 and 3×3 pre-strain. The DE actuator with 4×4 pre-strain is more desirable the actuator with 2×2 and 3×3 pre-strain for the deformation stability
response speed and frequency of voltage that the DE actuator can endure.
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