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Author:

Yang, Eunice Eun-Young

Title:

PHENOMENOLOGICAL CONSTITUTIVE MODELS FOR DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER MEMBRANES FOR ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

electroactive polymers
modeling
finite element
electrostrictive
large nonlinear viscoelastic deformations

File:

Download EuniceYangDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary I Frecker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alan Snyder, Committee Member
H J Sommer Iii, Committee Member

Author:

Hill, Jeffrey Ray

Title:

High Precision Surface Control of Flexible Space Reflectors

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Gossamer
control
En Masse Elimination
modeling

File:

Download Hill_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Kon Well Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member

Author:

Erol, Anil

Title:

Studies of Dipole-Driven Active Materials: Multifield Processing Simulations, Microstructure-Based Constitutive Modeling, and Macroscopic Active Composite Optimization

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Electro-active polymers
magneto-active elastomers
nonlinear elasticity
smart materials
optimization
modeling
mechanics of materials

File:

Download Thesis_Anil_Erol_REVISED.pdf

Committee Members:

Paris R Vonlockette, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paris R Vonlockette, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Member
Francesco Costanzo, Outside Member