A Study on the Structural Design and Sensing Performance of Conductive Woven Fabric Embedding CCFs

Abstract:

In this paper we designed several different embedding ways of making sensing fabric using CCFs compound yarns, observed the relationship of resistance and elongation through fabric tensile test, and analyzed its sensitivity, linearity and resistance change stability of the fabric according to regression model. Research shows that: in terms of conductive fabrics embedded with CCFs compound yarns, the more the number of CCFs compound yarns embedded, the lower its sensitivity is and the better its repeatability and the fabric’s stability with respect to resistance change would be. Among all conductive fabrics embedded in different ways with the same quantity of compound yarns, the samples embedded continuously have the lowest sensitivity, but it has the best resistance change stability and repeatability.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 415-417)
• Pages: 2257-2261
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.415-417.2257
• Online since: December 2011
• Authors: Tao Liu, Ting Ting Shen, Feng Yuan Zou
• Keywords: Coated Carbon Fibers, Linearity, Quantity of Compound Yarns, Repeatability, Sensitivity

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