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Theoretical and experimental analysis of a piezoelectric tactile sensor for use in endoscopic surgery

Javad Dargahi (Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Concordia, Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
Siamak Najarian (Department of Biomechanics, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran)

Sensor Review

ISSN: 0260-2288

Article publication date: 1 March 2004

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Abstract

This paper describes design, theoretical, and experimental analysis of a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) tactile sensor, which could be integrated with an endoscopic grasper. The sensor exhibited high force sensitivity and linearity. Finite element analysis was employed to study the structural analysis of the tactile sensor with various load application and the results of this modelling are presented as the shear stress distribution and deformation contours. A comparison was made between the theoretical modeling and the experimental results.

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Dargahi, J. and Najarian, S. (2004), "Theoretical and experimental analysis of a piezoelectric tactile sensor for use in endoscopic surgery", Sensor Review, Vol. 24 No. 1, pp. 74-83. https://doi.org/10.1108/02602280410515851

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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