Robust Flexible Capacitive Surface Sensor for Structural Health Monitoring Applications

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 139, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 879-885

  Laflamme, Simon ^a   Kollosche, Matthias ^b   Connor, Jerome J ^c   Kofod, Guggi ^b  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacitive sensor; Dielectric polymer; Flexible membrane; Sensing skin; Strain gauge; Strain monitoring; Stretchable sensor; Structural health monitoring

Indexed keywords

CAPACITIVE SENSORS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STRAIN GAGES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURES; CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITES; DIELECTRIC POLYMERS; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; FLEXIBLE MEMBRANES; MEASUREMENT SENSITIVITY; MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; STRAIN MONITORING;

STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

EID: 85002553125     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0000530     Document Type: Article

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