Jacobs, W.R., Wilson, E.D., Assaf, T. et al. (4 more authors) (2015) Control-focused, nonlinear and time-varying modelling of dielectric elastomer actuators with frequency response analysis. Smart Materials and Structures, 24 (5). ISSN 0964-1726
Abstract
Current models of dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are mostly constrained to first principal descriptions that are not well suited to the application of control design due to their computational complexity. In this work we describe an integrated framework for the identification of control focused, data driven and time-varying DEA models that allow advanced analysis of nonlinear system dynamics in the frequency-domain. Experimentally generated input–output data (voltage-displacement) was used to identify control-focused, nonlinear and time-varying dynamic models of a set of film-type DEAs. The model description used was the nonlinear autoregressive with exogenous input structure. Frequency response analysis of the DEA dynamics was performed using generalized frequency response functions, providing insight and a comparison into the time-varying dynamics across a set of DEA actuators. The results demonstrated that models identified within the presented framework provide a compact and accurate description of the system dynamics. The frequency response analysis revealed variation in the time-varying dynamic behaviour of DEAs fabricated to the same specifications. These results suggest that the modelling and analysis framework presented here is a potentially useful tool for future work in guiding DEA actuator design and fabrication for application domains such as soft robotics.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015 IOP Publishing Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Smart Materials and Structures. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | nonlinear modelling; electro active polymer; frequency response; control; time-varying |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield) The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 08 Oct 2015 14:08 |
Last Modified: | 31 Mar 2016 05:45 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0964-1726/24/5/055002 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | IOP Publishing |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1088/0964-1726/24/5/055002 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:90689 |