Tuning the pull-in instability of soft dielectric elastomers through loading protocols
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0020-7462
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2019.03.008