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Necking of thin-walled cylinders via bifurcation of incompressible nonlinear elastic solids
Roberta Springhetti, Gabriel Rossetto, Davide Bigoni
Necking localization under quasi-static uniaxial tension is experimentally observed in ductile thin-walled cylindrical tubes, made of soft polypropylene. Necking nucleates at multi…
Optimal energy-harvesting cycles for load-driven dielectric generators in plane strain
R. Springhetti, E. Bortot, G. deBotton +1
The performances of energy harvesting generators based on dielectric elastomers are investigated. The configuration is of a thin dielectric film coated by stretchable electrodes at…
Performance of soft dielectric laminated composites
Massimiliano Gei, Roberta Springhetti, Eliana Bortot
This paper contains a thorough investigation of the performance of electrically activated layered soft dielectric composite actuators under plane deformation. Noting that the activ…
The role of electrostriction on the stability of dielectric elastomer actuators
M. Gei, S. Colonnelli, R. Springhetti
In the field of soft dielectric elastomers, the notion electrostriction indicates the dependency of the permittivity on strain. The present paper is aimed at investigating the effe…