Processing and characterization of a novel distributed strain sensor using carbon nanotube-based nonwoven composites

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 17728-17747

  Dai, Hongbo ^a,c   Thostenson, Erik T ^b,c   Schumacher, Thomas ^a,c  

^a University of Delaware   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Civil infrastructure; Distributed sensing; Longitudinal and transverse sensitivity; Nanocomposites; Strain sensors; Structural health monitoring

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; NANOCOMPOSITES; STRAIN GAGES; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; WEAVING; YARN;

CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURES; DISTRIBUTED SENSING; DISTRIBUTED STRAIN SENSOR; FREE-STANDING NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCOMPOSITE SENSORS; STRAIN SENSORS; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING (SHM); TRANSVERSE SENSITIVITY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84937956282     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s150717728     Document Type: Article

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