A FE analysis of a silicone deformable interface for distributed force sensors

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1599, Issue , 2014, Pages 485-488

  Cirillo, Andrea ^a   Cirillo, Pasquale ^a   De Maria, Giuseppe ^a   Natale, Ciro ^a   Pirozzi, Salvatore ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artificial skin sensor; Deformable structures; FE analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; DEFORMATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; PHOTODETECTORS; SENSORS; SILICONES;

ARTIFICIAL SKIN; DEFORMABLE STRUCTURES; DISTRIBUTED FORCES; FE ANALYSIS; INFRARED LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MECHANICAL DEFORMATION; OPTOELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY; SILICONE MATERIALS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84903179997     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4876884     Document Type: Conference Paper

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