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elastofluidic en · ADJ

Etymology

From elasto- + fluidic.

Meanings

1. Pertaining to a combination of elastic and fluidic properties.
   • An elephant's trunk was a marvel of elastofluidic engineering – a tool both supple and strong, sensitive and expressive. 2015, Alastair Reynolds, Poseidon's Wake, →ISBN:
   • In pursuit of the goal of effective soft robotics researchers have explored the idea of a pneumatic elastofluidic actuator, one which expands and deforms in response to applied pressure. 2014, Jordan Anthony Rivera, The Design, Construction, and Experimental Characterization of Spatial Parallel Architectures of Elastofluidic Systems (Masters Thesis: Bucknell University:
   • In some cases, the fluidic and elastomeric types combine in a particular application to form elastofluidic combinations, as we shall see below. 1992 October 15, Desmond F. Moore, “Tribology of viscoelastic machine elements”, in Wear, volume 158, numbers 1-2:

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