Quasi-static and dynamic strain sensing using carbon nanotube/epoxy nanocomposite thin films

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Anand, Sandeep V ^a   Roy Mahapatra, D ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE VIBRATIONS; APPLIED STRAIN; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ARTIFICIAL SKIN; BAND GAPS; CONSTITUENT PHASIS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL; DYNAMIC STRAIN; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORIES; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; EPOXY POLYMERS; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; LINEAR FUNCTIONS; NANOCOMPOSITE THIN FILMS; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; NON-LINEARITY; PERCOLATION NETWORKS; PIEZOELECTRIC SUBSTRATES; POLYMER ELECTRONICS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; QUASI-STATIC; QUASI-STATIC LOADING; RESISTANCE VARIATIONS; SMALL CONCENTRATION; STATIC MECHANICAL LOADING; STRAIN SENSORS;

CARBON BLACK; CARBON FILMS; CARBON NANOTUBES; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC LOAD SHEDDING; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; POLYMERS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SOLVENTS; THIN FILMS;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 65549083320     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/18/4/045013     Document Type: Article

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