Electrical properties of flat textile material as inhomegeneous and anisotropic structure

Abstract

The main purpose of the study was to present the basic problems of determining surface resistance of electroconductive fabric. The attention was paid to the arrangement of electrodes on a sample. Analysis of the contact resistance between the measuring electrode and the fibrous substrate was conducted. The multi-variant research of a textile sample has shown that the electrodes arrangement is of significance for sample resistance measurement results. The arrangement of four electrodes on the edge of the sample allows the assessment of electroconductive properties of whole textile sample surface. It was found that the woven fabric sample is not homegeneous and anisotropic. Research of textile material with the coaxial electrode arrangement enable the local values of material resistance to be assessed. Results of multi-variant research have provided important knowledge about the textile material structure and its properties. © 2013 The Author(s).