Estimation of bending resistance of ionic polymer metal composite (IPMC) actuator following variable parameters pseudo-rigid body model

摘要

In this article bending resistance of IPMC has been estimated following a newlyproposed variable parameters pseudo-rigid body model. First an experiment isconducted to study the voltage versus bending characteristics of IPMC and basedon the experimental data the IPMC has been modeled through the proposedtechnique. Simulation has been performed and estimation of bending resistancehas been made based on experimental results. It is observed that bendingresistance of IPMC increases with input voltages although the changes remaininsignificant after certain range. (c) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.