TY - GEN
T1 - Theoretical analysis on electro adhesive effect of ER gel
AU - Naito, Yosuke
AU - Aoyama, Tojiro
AU - Kakinuma, Yasuhiro
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - An electrorheological gel (ERG) is a functional material that changes its surface adhesive property according to the intensity of the applied electric field. It is a composite material consisting of ER particles and silicone gel. Under no electric field, the surface adhesion is low because the slippery ER particles protrude from the gel surface. When an electric field is applied to an ERG, silicone gel around ER particles rises and covers the ERG surface such that the surface adhesion becomes high. The surface adhesion of ERGs can be changed quickly and reversibly by adjusting the electric field. This unique property is called the electro adhesive (EA) effect. However, although this electro adhesive phenomenon has been experimentally confirmed, the physical theory has not been sufficiently developed. In this study, the theory of the EA effect based on electromagnetics is developed and validated using a numerical analysis. Simulation results show that ER particles sink into silicone gel, and silicone gel around ER particles heaves due to the Maxwell stress and gradient force of the applied electric field.
AB - An electrorheological gel (ERG) is a functional material that changes its surface adhesive property according to the intensity of the applied electric field. It is a composite material consisting of ER particles and silicone gel. Under no electric field, the surface adhesion is low because the slippery ER particles protrude from the gel surface. When an electric field is applied to an ERG, silicone gel around ER particles rises and covers the ERG surface such that the surface adhesion becomes high. The surface adhesion of ERGs can be changed quickly and reversibly by adjusting the electric field. This unique property is called the electro adhesive (EA) effect. However, although this electro adhesive phenomenon has been experimentally confirmed, the physical theory has not been sufficiently developed. In this study, the theory of the EA effect based on electromagnetics is developed and validated using a numerical analysis. Simulation results show that ER particles sink into silicone gel, and silicone gel around ER particles heaves due to the Maxwell stress and gradient force of the applied electric field.
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U2 - 10.1142/9789814340236_0059
DO - 10.1142/9789814340236_0059
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84865634274
SN - 9814340227
SN - 9789814340229
T3 - Electro-Rheological Fluids and Magneto-Rheological Suspensions - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference
SP - 429
EP - 435
BT - Electro-Rheological Fluids and Magneto-Rheological Suspensions - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference
PB - World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd
T2 - 12th International Conference on Electrorheological Fluids and Magnetorheological Suspensions, ERMR 2010
Y2 - 16 August 2010 through 20 August 2010
ER -