04.1 - Material Issues, Fatigue and Damage Tolerance
ARAMID-FIBER REINFORCED ELASTOMERS AS FUTURE AIRCRAFT ACTUATORS - A PROOF-OF-CONCEPT INVESTIGATION
M. Kanerva¹, M. Poikelispää¹, P. Antunes, Aveiro University, Portugal; ¹Tampere University of Technology, Finland
In this investigation, we focus on elastomer actuators with aramid-fiber reinforcement. Proper reinforcement of elastomer actuators improves the efficiency of the actuator and is used to adjust anisotropy mainly controlling actuators’ bending response. Experimental and finite element simulation results are presented in the report.