Suitability of Conductive Knit Fabric for Sensing Human Breathing

Authors

  • Aliaa Abdel Aziz Mohamed Women's Faculty- Ain Shams University
  • Mohamed M. Ezzat National Research Center, Textile Research Division, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
  • Zaynab M. Abdel Megeid National Research Center, Textile Research Division, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
  • Ahmed Saeed Electronics, Communications and Computer engineering, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt
  • Hebatullah A.A. Abdel-Hamed Women's faculty Ain Shams University, Textile and Clothing, Cairo, Egypt
  • Enas A.H. El-Okda Women's faculty Ain Shams University, Textile and Clothing, Cairo, Egypt

Abstract

This paper studies the suitability of conductive knit fabric in order to produce a reliable breathing sensor. Conductive single jersey knit fabrics was manufactured from silver coated nylon yarn with different production parameters (stitch type (ST) - combination ratio (CR) of conductive yarn to the non-conductive one and number of needles (NN)). A cyclic tester was built to simulate the breathing mechanism of a human being and to explore the influence of these parameters on the gauge factor. The results show that the production parameters have a significant effect on the results of the gauge factor. The best sample suited for breathing sensor is the one with normal knit stitch, less CR and increase in width (NN).

Author Biography

  • Aliaa Abdel Aziz Mohamed, Women's Faculty- Ain Shams University
    Lecturer at Home Economics department- textile and clothes. women's faculty- Ain shams university

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Published

2019-05-15

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1 (2019)

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Scholarly Articles

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