Textile-based weft knitted strain sensors: Effect of fabric parameters on sensor properties

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 11114-11127

  Atalay, Ozgur ^a   Richard Kennon, William ^a   Dawood Husain, Muhammad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NED UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Conductive textiles; Conductive yarn; Contact area; Contact pressure; Elastomeric yarn; Strain sensor; Yarn input tension

Indexed keywords

TEXTILES; WOOL; YARN;

CONDUCTIVE TEXTILES; CONDUCTIVE YARNS; CONTACT AREAS; CONTACT PRESSURES; ELASTOMERIC YARNS; INPUT TENSION; STRAIN SENSORS;

SENSORS;

EID: 84882775076     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s130811114     Document Type: Article

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