Title :
Electromechanical analysis of textile structures designed for wearable sensors
Author :
Safarova, Veronika ; Malachova, Kveta ; Militky, Jiri
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Textile Eng., Tech. Univ. of Liberec, Liberec, Czech Republic
Abstract :
This paper reports electromechanical analysis of basic conductive textile structures designed for wearable sensors. Conductive textile structures usually exhibit two types of resistance: length resistance and contact resistance. Firstly electrical and mechanical properties of unstressed conductive yarn were investigated under practical use conditions. After that three experiments were conducted to examine resistance of single conductive yarn, two overlapped yarns and chain under unidirectional extensile forces.
Keywords :
conducting materials; contact resistance; electromechanical effects; mechanical properties; sensors; textiles; yarn; chain; conductive textile structures; contact resistance; electrical properties; length resistance; mechanical properties; overlapped yarns; single conductive yarn; textile structures electromechanical analysis; unidirectional extensile forces; unstressed conductive yarn; wearable sensors; Clamps; Contact resistance; Electrical resistance measurement; Force; Resistance; Yarn; electrical resistance; electrically conductive yarns; textile structures; wearable sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Mechatronics - Mechatronika (ME), 2014 16th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brno
Print_ISBN :
978-80-214-4817-9
DOI :
10.1109/MECHATRONIKA.2014.7018294
