The dynamic response of a pre-stretched elastomer membrane under electric loading was
analysed. Thereby, two cases of voltage application, constant voltage and an incrementally …

A dielectric elastomer is capable of giant electromechanical actuation but fails at breakdown
due to instability under certain conditions with a small deformation. By applying a …

Pull-in (or electro-mechanical) instability occurs when a drastic decrease in the thickness of
a dielectric elastomer results in electrical breakdown, which limits the applications of …

Inhomogenous viscoelastic deformation is analyzed for a membrane of dielectric elastomer
mounting on a rigid circular ring and subject to a combination of pressure and voltage. The …

Instabilities in a thin sheet are ubiquitous and can be induced by various stimuli, such as a
uniaxial force, liquid–vapor surface tension, etc. This paper investigates voltage-induced …

Electrically driven dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are susceptible to an
electromechanical instability because of a positive feedback between the applied electric …

The paper presents a Hamiltonian approach for extracting the dynamic instability
parameters of homogeneously deforming dielectric elastomer actuators subjected to an …

This work compares the transition and competitive mechanism between three types of
instabilities of an incompressible dielectric tube: wrinkling, pull-in instability and electric …

Actuation devices based on dielectric elastomers, typically exhibit various kinds of instability
which may determine a decrease of performances and, eventually, the device failure. In this …

The dielectric elastomer (DE) is an important intelligent soft material widely used in soft
actuators, and the dynamic response of the DE is highly nonlinear due to the material …