Cost-Efficient Open Source Desktop Size Radial Stretching System With Force Sensor

Author

Schausberger, Stefan E. ; Kaltseis, Rainer ; Drack, Michael ; Cakmak, Umut D. ; Major, Zoltan ; Bauer, Siegfried

Author_Institution

Dept. of Soft Matter Phys., Johannes Kepler Univ. Linz, Linz, Austria

Volume

3

fYear

2015

fDate

2015

Firstpage

556

Lastpage

561

Abstract

The rapid and efficient development of soft active materials requires readily available, compact testing equipment. We propose a desktop-sized, cost-efficient, and open source radial stretching system as an alternative to commercially available biaxial and uniaxial stretching devices. It allows for doubling the diameter of an elastomer membrane while measuring the applied force. Our development enables significant cost reduction (<;300 €) and increase the availability of equibiaxial deformation measurements for scientific material analysis. Construction plans, source code, and electronic circuit diagrams are freely available under a creative commons license.

Keywords

elastomers; force sensors; materials testing; applied force; biaxial stretching devices; compact testing equipment; construction plans; cost reduction; cost-efficient open source desktop size radial stretching system; creative commons license; elastomer membrane; electronic circuit diagrams; equibiaxial deformation measurements; force sensor; scientific material analysis; soft active materials; source code; uniaxial stretching devices; Elastomers; Electronic circuits; Force measurement; Force sensors; Licenses; Materials processing; Open source systems; Source coding; IEEE Open Access; Stretchable electronics; arduino; creative commons; elastomers; material research; mechanics; model; soft active materials; stretchable electronics; teaching;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Access, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

2169-3536

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/ACCESS.2015.2433398

Filename

7107973