DocumentCode
2873224
Title
Proposal of braid-shape polymer microactuator
Author
Ishihara, Hidenori ; Fukuda, Toshio
Author_Institution
IMSE, Kagawa Univ., Takamatsu, Japan
fYear
2000
fDate
2000
Firstpage
217
Lastpage
222
Abstract
This paper proposes a new kind of polymer actuator, braid-shape polymer microactuator, BSPM. The BSPM is braided by narrow PVDF tapes. This paper aims at analyzing the effects of the braiding method and solving the methodology of braiding. It is difficult to realize the prototype and confirm its properties by experiment. Therefore, this paper introduces ways of construction of the braided polymer films. The physical model of deformation of BSPM is described and the deformation of the BSPM is analyzed. Some prototypes of BSPM, and some basic experimental results, are presented
Keywords
deformation; mechatronics; microactuators; piezoelectric actuators; polymer films; braid-shape polymer microactuator; braided polymer films; braiding method effect; narrow PVDF tapes; physical model of deformation; piezoelectric polymer film; unimorph actuator; Mechatronics; Microactuators; Microsensors; Piezoelectric actuators; Piezoelectric films; Polymer films; Proposals; Prototypes; Shape; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Micromechatronics and Human Science, 2000. MHS 2000. Proceedings of 2000 International Symposium on
Conference_Location
Nagoya
Print_ISBN
0-7803-6498-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MHS.2000.903316
Filename
903316
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