Title :
Investigation of carbon black loaded natural rubber piezoresistivity
Author :
Giannone, P. ; Graziani, S. ; Umana, E.
Author_Institution :
EUROTECHNOLOGY s.r.l., Mazara del Vallo, Italy
Abstract :
The authors are currently involved in a research activity that investigates the possibility to use conductive rubbers as deformation sensors. Samples composed by natural rubber loaded by using carbon black have been realized and tested. Moreover, the piezoresistivity behavior of the samples have been investigated at constant temperature working conditions while the elastomeric samples have been subjected to uniaxial defromation. Under these conditions the resistivity variations have been measured. A dynamic behavior of the deformation to resistance dependence has been observed and the system step response of a cylindrical sample has been identified on the basis of experimental data.
Keywords :
conducting materials; deformation; mechanical variables measurement; piezoresistance; piezoresistive devices; rubber; sensors; carbon black loaded natural rubber piezoresistivity behavior; conductive rubber; cylindrical elastomeric sample; resistivity measurement; uniaxial deformation sensor; Carbon; Conductivity; Deformable models; Mathematical model; Polymers; Rubber; Temperature measurement; conductive rubber; modeling; piezoresisitivity; resistence creep;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), 2015 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Pisa
DOI :
10.1109/I2MTC.2015.7151495
