Electro-conductive and elastic hybrid yarns - The effects of stretching, cyclic straining and washing on their electro-conductive properties

Materials and Design

Volumn 32, Issue 8-9, 2011, Pages 4247-4256

  Schwarz, A ^a   Kazani, I ^a   Cuny, L ^b   Hertleer, C ^a   Ghekiere, F ^b   De Clercq, G ^b   De Mey, G ^a   Van Langenhove, L ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Design for reliability; Electrical; Filament winding

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC STRAINING; DESIGN FOR RELIABILITY; ELASTIC CORE; ELECTRICAL; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES;

ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FILAMENT WINDING; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; STAINLESS STEEL; WASHING; WOOL; YARN;

SPINNING (FIBERS);

EID: 79957812539     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2011.04.021     Document Type: Article

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