Numerical simulation and experimental validation of bending and curling behaviors of liquid crystal elastomer beams under thermal actuation

INIS

• beams 100%
• computerized simulation 100%
• bending 100%
• validation 100%
• liquid crystals 100%
• elastomers 100%
• thickness 30%
• films 30%
• thermal expansion 30%
• simulation 20%
• strains 10%
• applications 10%
• values 10%
• variations 10%
• modeling 10%
• surfaces 10%
• nonlinear problems 10%
• range 10%
• shape 10%
• efficiency 10%
• expansion 10%
• geometry 10%
• temperature dependence 10%
• deformation 10%
• accuracy 10%
• finite element method 10%
• flexibility 10%
• actuators 10%
• stimuli 10%
• physics 10%
• muscles 10%
• rolling 10%

Engineering

• Computer Simulation 100%
• Liquid Crystal 100%
• Elastomer 100%
• Actuation 100%
• Expansion Coefficient 10%
• Computational Efficiency 10%
• Geometric Shape 10%
• Strain Gradient 10%
• Artificial Muscle 10%
• Finite Element Method 10%

Material Science

• Liquid Crystal 100%
• Elastomer 100%
• Film 30%
• Thermal Expansion 30%
• Finite Element Methods 10%
• Nematic Liquid Crystal 10%
• Actuator 10%