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Nanocomposite Strain Sensors for Large Strain Sensing on Flexible Membrane

D Roy Mahapatra

Abstract


In thisstudy, Carbon Nanotube (CNT)-Nanocomposite strain sensors have been designed and characterized for strain sensing on a flexible membrane structure. The induced strain level on each sensor is varied by applying load on the membrane under simply supported configuration. The sensitivity of the sensors is computed via a bridge circuit by estimating the change in voltage observed across the sensors for the induced strain. Variation in the resistance at high strain level are evaluated which shows promising features and practical implementation possibilities. Also the sensors are found to be highly sensitive to strains upto 0.0021 at which the conventional strain gauges fail. Advantages of these sensors are their sensitivity, which is controllable by material process parameters, is easy to fabricate with various complex patterns, does not require bonding layer and has very high resistance change. These advantages make these sensors
a promising candidate for applications in distributed aerodynamic load sensing and development of new concepts in autonomous flight of MAVs / UAVs.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21535%2FProICIUS.2013.v9.218

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