Electro-mechanical properties of knitted wearable sensors: Part 2 – Parametric study and experimental verification

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 200-213

  Wang, Jinfeng ^a,b   Long, Hairu ^a   Soltanian, Saeid ^b   Servati, Peyman ^b   ko, Frank ^b  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

conductive yarn; human sensory and comfort issues; knitting; Parametric study; structure properties

Indexed keywords

KNIT FABRICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SMART TEXTILES; WOOL; YARN;

CONDUCTIVE YARNS; HUMAN SENSORY; KNITTING; PARAMETRIC STUDY; STRUCTURE PROPERTY;

WEARABLE SENSORS;

EID: 84892878102     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: 17467748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517513490057     Document Type: Article

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