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Design and Characterization of an Equibiaxial Multi-Electrode Dielectric Elastomer Actuator

Yves Perriard, Yoan René Cyrille Civet, Stefania Maria Aliki Konstantinidi, Bhawnath Tiwari, Simon Holzer

With the ongoing journey of automation advancements and a trend towards miniaturization, the choice of actuator plays a crucial role. Over recent years, soft actuators have demonstrated their usefulness in various applications, especially where light weigh ...

MDPI AG2025

Micro-addition of Fe in highly alloyed Cu-Ti alloys to improve both formability and strength

Roland Logé, Cyril Cayron, Baptiste Thomas Jean Rouxel

Cu-Be alloys provide excellent electrical and mechanical properties, but present serious health hazards during manufacturing. Among alternative alloys, the Cu-Ti system has the highest yield strength; however, Ti cannot be easily solutionized at concentrat ...

ELSEVIER SCI LTD2022

Shape programmable multi-stable polymer actuators

Bekir Aksoy

Recent advances in soft actuators have enabled systems that are safer to interact with, better at handling fragile objects, able to produce complex shapes with fewer components. However, being inherently soft differs these actuators from their rigid counte ...

EPFL2021

Intrinsic fracture behavior of Mg-Y alloys

William Curtin, Eleanor Yi Kei Mak

Pure magnesium (Mg) is an attractive metal for structural applications due to its low density, but also has low ductility and low fracture toughness. Dilute alloying of Mg with rare earth elements in small amounts improves the ductility, but the effects of ...

2020

Patterned biphasic electrical conductor and methods for producing thereof

Stéphanie Lacour, Arthur Edouard Hirsch

A method for manufacturing an electrical conductor is herein disclosed, said method comprising a) providing a substrate comprising on a surface thereof a solid metal conductive layer or film; b) depositing a liquid metal on said solid layer; c) allowing sa ...

2019

Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of a Multiphase FeCrCuMnNi High-Entropy Alloy

Roland Logé

A FeCrCuMnNi high-entropy alloy was produced using vacuum induction melting, starting from high-purity raw materials. The microstructure and mechanical properties of the as-cast FeCrCuMnNi alloy were studied, considering x-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning e ...

SPRINGER2019

Recycled Glass Fiber Composites from Wind Turbine Waste for 3D Printing Feedstock: Effects of Fiber Content and Interface on Mechanical Performance

Rodolphe Henri

This research validates the viability of a recycling and reusing process for end-of-life glass fiber reinforced wind turbine blades. Short glass fibers from scrap turbine blades are reclaimed and mixed with polylactic acid (PLA) through a double extrusion ...

2019

Microstructure of single crystal Ni-based superalloys during blade manufacturing process and creep deformation : a study using X-rays and neutrons

The aim of the thesis is to obtain more understanding about the influence of plastic deformation on the microstructural changes observed in single crystal (SX) Ni-based superalloys using diffraction techniques. This work was organised around two main probl ...

EPFL2012

Reliable MEMS Actuators for Driving Large Microsystems

Nicolas Bernard Golay

Nowadays many consumer electronic devices are using small engines (micromotors). Thanks to technological innovation, the components can be imbedded into numerous portable systems. The key factors for a nomadic integration are: reduction of power consumptio ...

EPFL2010

Influence of chemistry and microstructure on the activation volume of TiAl alloys

Andreas Mortensen, Frédéric Diologent, Luc Rougier

Repeated stress-relaxation experiments are conducted from RT to 1073 K on three different gamma + alpha(2) TiAl alloys (Ti-46Al with 8Ta, 8Nb or 7Nb) One is a conventional duplex alloy, the two other are novel "convoluted" cast titanium aluminides develope ...

Elsevier2010

Micro-, meso- and macrostructures in replicated microcellular aluminium

Yves Conde

This thesis is focused on the properties of microcellular aluminium, produced by replication processing, at the micro, meso and macrostructural level. The replication process is based on the infiltration of a porous sodium chloride (NaCl) perform with molt ...

EPFL2009

Tensile properties of as-cast aluminum alloys AA3104, AA6111 and CA31218 at above solidus temperatures

The tensile mechanical response of three semi-solid as-cast aluminum alloys - AA3104, AA6111, and CA31218 (an alloy similar in composition to AA3003) - was measured between a fraction solid f(s) similar to 0.85 and f(s) similar to 1 in order to establish t ...

2008