Sensing performance of electrically conductive fabrics and suspension lines for parachute systems

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 23, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 1969-1986

  Favini, Eric ^a   Agnihotra, Srikanthrao ^b   Surwade, Sumedh P ^b   Niezrecki, Christopher ^a   Willis, David ^a   Chen, Julie ^a   Niemi, Eugene ^a   Desabrais, Kenneth ^c   Charette, Christine ^c   Manohar, Sanjeev K ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon nanotube; integrated fabric sensor; polyaniline; polypyrrole; Smart parachute; structural health monitoring

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE; ELECTRONIC SENSING; FABRIC SENSORS; OLIGOANILINES; PARACHUTE SYSTEM; SENSING ABILITIES; SENSING PERFORMANCE; SUSPENSION LINES; SYNTHETIC METHODS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; COATED MATERIALS; POLYANILINE; POLYPYRROLES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

PARACHUTES;

EID: 84873624947     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: 15308138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1045389X12453959     Document Type: Article

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