A feasibility study in the use of ionic polymer-metal composites in rectangular cantilever form as flow sensor devices

Nazanin Minaian, Tyler Stalbaum, Kwang J. Kim
March, 2019
Poster

Abstract

Ionic polymer-metal composites (IPMCs) have been studied extensively in the field of actuation and sensing and have shown to have very promising sensing applications. In this study, we have utilized rectangular IPMC sensors to explore a range of measurable flow rates and the feasibility of using IPMCs as underwater sensors in a cantilever form, The sensor was subjected to flow speeds ranging from 16 to 235 mm/s.

Type
Conference paper
Publication
In Proc. SPIE 10966, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) XXI
IPMC Electroactive Polymer Soft Robotics Flow Sensing
Nazanin Minaian
Nazanin Minaian
Ph.D. Candidate | Graduate Research Assistant

My research interests include electroactive polymers, flow sensing, energy harvesting, and computer vision.