Knitted strain sensors: Impact of design parameters on sensing properties

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 4712-4730

  Atalay, Ozgur ^a   Kennon, William Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conductive yarn input tension; Elastomeric yarn; Intelligent textiles; Knitted sensor; Production parameters; Silver plated nylon yarn; Strain sensor

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE CIRCUITS; KNIT FABRICS; KNITTING MACHINERY; MATERIALS TESTING APPARATUS; SILVER; TENSILE TESTING; TEXTILES; WOOL; YARN;

ELASTOMERIC YARNS; INPUT TENSION; INTELLIGENT TEXTILES; NYLON YARN; PRODUCTION PARAMETERS; STRAIN SENSORS;

SENSORS;

EID: 84896484058     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s140304712     Document Type: Article

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