Identification of the Design Parameters for a Spacer Fabric Pressure-Map** Sensor †
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Background
2.1. Length-Related Resistance and Contact Resistance
2.2. The Change in Resistance of Conductive Fabric during the Stretching Process
3. Material and Methods
3.1. Spacer Fabric Pressure Map** Sensor
3.2. Experiment Setup
3.3. Protocol
4. Experiments
4.1. Experiment 1
4.2. Experiment 2
5. Results
5.1. Experiment 1
5.2. Experiment 2
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Shen, T.; Pitou, S.; Eguchi, R.; Howard, M. Identification of the Design Parameters for a Spacer Fabric Pressure-Map** Sensor. Proceedings 2021, 68, 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2021068015
Shen T, Pitou S, Eguchi R, Howard M. Identification of the Design Parameters for a Spacer Fabric Pressure-Map** Sensor. Proceedings. 2021; 68(1):15. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2021068015
Chicago/Turabian StyleShen, Tianchen, Samuel Pitou, Ryo Eguchi, and Matthew Howard. 2021. "Identification of the Design Parameters for a Spacer Fabric Pressure-Map** Sensor" Proceedings 68, no. 1: 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2021068015