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Comment on ``Method to analyze electromechanical stability of dielectric elastomers" [Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 061921 (2007)]

Materials Science 2008-01-15 v3

Abstract

The model of Zhao and Suo can be readily generalized to predict the critical breakdown electric field EcE_c value of elastomers with arbitrary elastic strain energy function. An explicit expression for EcE_c is presented for elastomeric thin films under biaxial strain and comparisons are made with experimental data using a two term Ogden rubber elasticity model. Simplified results for uniaxial and for equi-biaxial stress provide further insight into the findings of Zhao and Suo.

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@article{arxiv.0709.2497,
  title  = {Comment on ``Method to analyze electromechanical stability of dielectric elastomers" [Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 061921 (2007)]},
  author = {Andrew N. Norris},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0709.2497},
  year   = {2008}
}

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