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Twist–coil coupling fibres for high stroke tensile artificial muscles
Publication date: 1 November 2018Source: Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, Volume 283Author(s): Shazed Aziz, Sina Naficy, Javad Foroughi, Hugh R. Brown, Geoffrey M. SpinksAbstractA new concept for tensile artificial muscles is introduced in which the torsional actuation of a twisted polymer fibre drives a twist to writhe conversion in a serially attached elastomeric fibre. Thermally induced torsional rotation of the twisted fibre caused formation of coils in the elastomeric fibre which resulted in overall muscle length contraction. Theoretical predictions of the muscle strain were developed by means of a modified single-h...
Source: Sensors and Actuators A: Physical - October 5, 2018 Category: Physics Source Type: research