"Twisted and coiled multi-ply yarns artificial muscles" by Dharshika Kongahage, Geoffrey M. Spinks et al.
Abstract Artificial muscle plays an interesting role in science discoveries. Large scale torsional and tensile actuation is achieved by twisting and coiling of synthetic polymer fibres. Research reports to date have discussed the theoretical background of actuation of twisted monofilament yarn. Twisting and coiling of several yarns together is another approach to fabricate polymer actuators and here we present the experimental observations of performance of actuators fabricated with multiple number of yarns. The theoretical background for the reasons of decreasing the actuation performance wi...
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