Strain sensing capabilities of iron/epoxy composites

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Christopoulos, Angelos ^a   Hristoforou, Evangelos ^a   Tsamasphyros, George ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; INTRINSIC PROPERTY; IRON PARTICLES; MAGNETIC RESISTANCE; NON-CONTACT SENSING; PARTICULATE COMPOSITE MATERIAL; PARTICULATE COMPOSITES; PARTICULATE FILLERS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STRAIN SENSING; VIBRATING SAMPLE MAGNETOMETER;

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84864208876     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/21/8/085030     Document Type: Article

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