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Statistical Field Theory of Polarizable Polymer Chains with Nonlocal Dipolar Interactions
Pratik Khandagale, Carlos Garcia-Cervera, Gal deBotton +3
The electromechanical response of polymeric soft matter to applied electric fields is of fundamental scientific interest as well as relevant to technologies for sensing and actuati…
Statistical mechanics of a dielectric polymer chain in the force ensemble
Matthew Grasinger, Kaushik Dayal, Gal deBotton +1
Constitutive modeling of dielectric elastomers has been of long standing interest in mechanics. Over the last two decades rigorous constitutive models have been developed that coup…
A holed membrane at finite equibiaxial stretch
Idan Z. Friedberg, Gal deBotton
The deformation and stress distribution in a stretched thin neo-Hookean circular membrane with a hole at its center are analyzed within the framework of finite deformation elastici…
Towards a physics-based modelling of the electro-mechanical coupling in EAPs
Noy Cohen, Andreas Menzel, Gal deBotton
Due to the increasing number of industrial applications of electro-active polymers (EAPs), there is a growing need for electromechanical models which accurately capture their behav…
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…
An experimental apparatus for study of direct β-radiation conversion for energy harvesting
Y. Haim, Y. Marciano, G. deBotton
This paper introduces the development and testing of an experimental apparatus for characterization of a direct charging nuclear battery. The battery consists of a parallel-plates…
Band-gaps in electrostatically controlled dielectric laminates subjected to incremental shear motions
Gal Shmuel, Gal deBotton
The thickness vibrations of a finitely deformed infinite periodic laminate made out of two layers of dielectric elastomers is studied. The laminate is pre-stretched by inducing a b…
Analytical and numerical analyses of the micromechanics of soft fibrous connective tissues
Gal deBotton, Tal Oren
State of the art research and treatment of biological tissues require accurate and efficient methods for describing their mechanical properties. Indeed, micromechanics motivated ap…
The Rayleigh-Lamb wave propagation in dielectric elastomer layers subjected to large deformations
Gal Shmuel, Massimiliano Gei, Gal deBotton
The propagation of waves in soft dielectric elastomer layers is investigated. To this end incremental motions superimposed on homogeneous finite deformations induced by bias electr…
Giant Enhancement of the Electromechanical Coupling in Soft Heterogeneous Dielectrics
Stephan Rudykh, Arnon Lewinstein, Gil Uner +1
Electroactive soft elastomers require huge electric field for a meaningful actuation. We demonstrate that this can be dramatically reduced and giant deformations can be produced by…
The response of isotropic composites with viscoelastic matrices
Gal deBotton, Limor Tevet-Deree
Explicit expressions for the behavior of statistically isotropic composites with viscoelastic matrices and linear elastic inclusions are determined by application of the correspond…
Optimal Stresses in Structures
Reuven Segev, Gal deBotton
For a given external loading on a structure we consider the optimal stresses. Ignoring the material properties the structure may have, we look for the distribution of internal forc…
Neo-Hookean fiber composites undergoing finite out-of-plane shear deformations
G. deBotton, I. Hariton
The response of a neo-Hookean fiber composite undergoing finite out-of-plane shear deformation is examined. To this end an explicit close form solution for the out-of-plane shear r…