摘要
IonicPolymer-MetalComposite(IPMC)canworkasanactuatorbyapplyingafewvoltages.AthickIPMCactuator,whereNafion-117membranewassynthesizedwithpolypyrrole/aluminacompositefiller,wasanalyzedtoverifytheequivalentbeamandequivalentbimorphbeammodels.TheblockingforceandtipdisplacementoftheIPMCactuatorweremeasuredwithaDCpowersupplyandYoung’smodulusoftheIPMCstripwasmeasuredbybendingandtensiletestsrespectively.ThecalculatedmaximumtipdisplacementandtheYoung’smodulusbytheequivalentbeammodelwerealmostidenticaltothecorrespondingmeasureddata.Finiteelementanalysiswiththermalanalogytechniquewasutilizedintheequivalentbimorphbeammodeltonumericallyreproducetheforce-displacementrelationshipoftheIPMCactuator.Theresultsbytheequivalentbimorphbeammodelagreedwellwiththeforce-displacementrelationshipacquiredbythemeasureddata.Itisconfirmedthattheequivalentbeamandequivalentbimorphbeammodelsarepracticallyandeffectivelysuitableforpredictingthetipdisplacement,blockingforceandYoung’smodulusofIPMCactuatorswithdifferentthicknessanddifferentcompositeofionicpolymermembrane.
出版日期
2009年03月13日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
