Research on power generation of dielectric elastomer based on MATLAB

Aiming at the generation mechanism and power characteristics of dielectric elastomers, the mathematical model of the electromechanical coupling for the dielectric elastomer generator was established under biaxial stretching based on Neo-Hooken model, and the simulation model of dielectric elastomer generator was set up in MATLAB/Simulink environment. The power generation process, the relationships between the pulling force, stretch rate, initial voltage, and generation energy were studied using the simulation model. The simulation results showed that the generating capacity of dielectric elastomer in the power generation process increased as the pulling force, stretch rate, and initial voltage increased. Additionally an inflection point of power generation efficiency was found in the simulation research. The obtained simulation results provided the basis for further study of dielectric elastomer power generation.