Wireless flexible capacitive sensor based on ultra-flexible epoxy resin for strain measurement of automobile tires

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-42

  Matsuzaki, Ryosuke ^a   Todoroki, Akira ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Automobile tire; Electric capacitance; FEM analysis; Flexible sensor; Patch sensor

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; EPOXY RESINS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRAIN CONTROL; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TIRES;

ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; FLEXIBLE SENSORS; PATCH SENSORS; WIRELESS MEASUREMENTS;

MICROSENSORS;

EID: 34548515094     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2007.06.014     Document Type: Article

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