The effect of tensile hysteresis and contact resistance on the performance of strain-resistant elastic-conductive webbing

Sensors

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1693-1705

  Shyr, Tien Wei ^a   Shie, Jing Wen ^a   Jhuang, Yan Er ^a  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Contact resistance; Elastic conductive webbing; Tensile hysteresis; Textile strain resistant sensor

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NYLON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TEXTILE;

CARBON; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; NYLONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TEXTILES;

EID: 79952090191     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s110201693     Document Type: Article

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