Title :
Flexible tailored sensors for large deformation monitoring
Author :
Giannone, P. ; Graziani, Salvatore
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Ing. Elettr., Elettron. e dei Sist., Univ. degli Studi di Catania, Catania, Italy
Abstract :
During the last few decades a growing interest in monitoring and preserving strategic heritage and civil structures, has pushed the research towards the development of new devices and strategies for measuring the quantities of interest. The measuring strategies, based on innovative transducers, are required to avoid any significant influence on the monitored structure either in terms of functionality or aesthetics. The availability and the characterization of the materials is a key point in the development of new strategies able to achieve this goal. In the paper conductive elastomers are proposed for this class of applications and some results of their characterization as sensors for large deformation are reported.
Keywords :
art; bridges (structures); building; condition monitoring; conducting polymers; deformation; sensors; structural engineering; transducers; civil structure preservation; conductive elastomer; flexible tailored sensor; innovative transducer based measuring strategy; strategic heritage structure preservation; structural deformation monitoring; Biomedical measurements; Biomedical monitoring; Biosensors; Bridges; Capacitive sensors; Conducting materials; Performance evaluation; Rubber; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Silver; Elastomer; flexible sensors; strain gauges; structures monitoring;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2009. I2MTC '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3352-0
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.2009.5168520