W. R. Kennon

TL;DR: In this paper, a textile-based strain sensor has been developed to create a respiration belt, where the constituent materials and the knitted structure of the textile sensor have been specifically selected and tailored for this application.

TL;DR: Experimental results show that there is a strong relationship between base fabric parameters and sensor properties.

TL;DR: In this paper, a study of the sensing properties exhibited by textile-based knitted strain sensors is presented, where the sensors were manufactured using flat-bed knitting technology, and electro-mechanical tests were subsequently performed on the specimens using a tensile testing machine to apply strain whilst the sensor was incorporated into a Wheatstone bridge arrangement to allow electrical monitoring.

TL;DR: In this article, a new textile-based strain sensor design was presented and the effect of the base fabric parameters on its sensing properties was analyzed, showing that there is a strong relationship between these parameters and sensor properties.

TL;DR: Experimental results showed that manufacturing controls significantly affected the sensing properties of the knitted structures such that the gauge factor values, the working range and the linearity of the sensors varied according to theknitted structure, confirming that production parameters play a fundamental role in determining the physical behavior and the sensing property of knitted sensors.