Review of Artificial Muscle Based on Contractile Polymers
| dc.date.accessioned | 2004-10-08T20:28:57Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-11-24T10:15:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2004-10-08T20:28:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-11-24T10:15:20Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1991-11-01 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/6580 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.aust.edu.ng/xmlui/handle/1721.1/6580 | |
| dc.description.abstract | An artificial muscle with strength and speed equal to that of a human muscle may soon be possible. Polymer gels exhibit abrubt volume changes in response to variations in their external conditions -- shrinking or swelling up to 1000 times their original volume. Through the conversion of chemical or electrical energy into mechanical work, a number of devices have already been constructed which produce forces up to 100N/cm2 and contraction rates on the order of a second. Through the promise of an artificial muscle is real, many fundamental physical and engineering questions remain before the extent or limit of these devices is known. | en_US |
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| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.title | Review of Artificial Muscle Based on Contractile Polymers | en_US |
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