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ArticlePolymers2023

Vibration of a Liquid Crystal Elastomer Spring Oscillator under Periodic Electrothermal Drive.

Kai Li, Jiangfeng Lou, Shaofei Hu, Yuntong Dai, Fei Wang, Yong Yu

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Article in Polymers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Kai LiCollege of Civil Engineering, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei 230601, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4898-2827
Jiangfeng LouCollege of Civil Engineering, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei 230601, China.
Shaofei HuCollege of Civil Engineering, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei 230601, China.
Yuntong DaiCollege of Civil Engineering, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei 230601, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8576-9430
Fei WangInstitute of Energy, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, Hefei 230039, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1406-5588
Yong YuCollege of Civil Engineering, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei 230601, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1182-2248

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Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation 2008085QA23Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation 2208085Y01National Natural Science Foundation of China 12172001National Natural Science Foundation of China 12202002niversity Natural Science Research Project of Anhui Province 2022AH020029The University Synergy Innovation Program of Anhui Province GXXT-2021-019
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Abstract

The oscillations of electrically actuated thermally-responsive liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) microfibers under cyclic electric actuation have been discovered in recent experiments. Periodic electric actuation is a common method of active control with potential applications in the fields of micro-actuators. In this paper, the vibration behavior of LCE spring oscillator under periodic electrothermal drive is studied theoretically. Based on the dynamic LCE model, the dynamic governing equation of the LCE spring oscillator is established, and the time history curves of the vibration are obtained by numerical calculations. The results show that the periodic electrothermal drive can cause periodic vibration of the LCE spring oscillator. With the increase of time rate, the vibration amplitude increases first and then decreases. In a small damping system, there exist optimal sets of electrothermal drive period and electrothermal drive time rate to maximize the system amplitude. For the optimum periodic mode, the vibration amplitude of the spring oscillator is affected by the current heat, damping coefficient, gravital acceleration, spring constant and shrinkage coefficient, but not by the initial velocity. The application examples of LCE materials show that periodic electrothermally driven LCEs have promising applications. The results of this study are instructive for the design of soft robots and LCE-based electric locomotives.

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dynamic LCE modelliquid crystal elastomerperiodic electric fieldspring oscillatorvibration

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