Abstract
This paper describes development of some new functionalities and an application of the active laminate. Firstly, the active laminate was made by hot-pressing of an aluminum plate as a high CTE material, a unidirectional CFRP prepreg as a low CTE material and an electric resistance heater, a unidirectional GFRP prepreg as an insulator between them and copper foil as electrodes, and methods to control the effect of moisture on its actuation were proposed and demonstrated. Secondly, the moment generated by curvature change of the active laminate was evaluated, which demonstrated possibility of making a rotating device.
