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Energy-based control of a dielectric elastomer cardiac assist device

Yves Perriard
2026

Abstract

This paper is concerned by the port-Hamiltonian modeling and control of a dielectric elastomer actuator designed for use in a cardiac assist device. The proposed nonlinear model captures the actuator’s hyperelastic material behavior, viscoelastic damping, and electromechanical coupling, and remains valid for large deformations up to 40 %. An original Interconnection and Damping Assignment Passivity-Based Control strategy is developed to achieve closed-loop stabilization at a desired position. The accuracy of the multiphysics model and the performances of the proposed controller are experimentally validated.

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Yves Perriard
2026

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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/b3fc046f-7c3e-4d42-9ce9-4e5529c1762f

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Control theory

Control theory is a field of control engineering and applied mathematics that deals with the control of dynamical systems in engineered processes and machines. The objective is to develop a model or algorithm governing the application of system inputs to drive the system to a desired state, while minimizing any delay, overshoot, or steady-state error and ensuring a level of control stability; often with the aim to achieve a degree of optimality. To do this, a controller with the requisite corrective behavior is required.

Viscoelasticity

In materials science and continuum mechanics, viscoelasticity is the property of materials that exhibit both viscous and elastic characteristics when undergoing deformation. Viscous materials, like water, resist shear flow and strain linearly with time when a stress is applied. Elastic materials strain when stretched and immediately return to their original state once the stress is removed. Viscoelastic materials have elements of both of these properties and, as such, exhibit time-dependent strain.

Deformation (engineering)

In engineering, deformation refers to the change in size or shape of an object. Displacements are the absolute change in position of a point on the object. Deflection is the relative change in external displacements on an object. Strain is the relative internal change in shape of an infinitesimally small cube of material and can be expressed as a non-dimensional change in length or angle of distortion of the cube. Strains are related to the forces acting on the cube, which are known as stress, by a stress-strain curve.

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