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Experimental Investigation of a Uniaxial Dielectric Elastomer Generator Cover

Experimental Investigation of a Uniaxial Dielectric Elastomer Generator

By: Wojciech Sikora  
Open Access
|Aug 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ama-2023-0058 | Journal eISSN: 2300-5319 | Journal ISSN: 1898-4088
Language: English
Page range: 499 - 506
Submitted on: Feb 8, 2023
Accepted on: May 14, 2023
Published on: Aug 17, 2023
Published by: Bialystok University of Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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