Electrical properties of elastic conductive yarn weft knitted flexible sensor
In order to study the longitudinal tensile electrical properties of the flexible strain sensor made of elastic conductive yarn,three kinds of fabrics are woven by computer flat knitting machine with the elastic conductive yarn and polyester yarn.The resistance,sensitivity,linearity,repeatability and hysteresis of the sensor are measured by repeated tensile tests.The influence of elastic conductive yarn on the performance of flexible strain sensor is analyzed.The results show that compared with non-elastic conductive yarn weaving sensor,the resistance change rate,sensitivity,linearity,and repeatability of elastic conductive yarns are improved,while the hysteresis is reduced.