Mechanically Flexible Fluid Flow Sensor for Macro-Tubular Architectures †
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Design
3. Simulation and Modulation
4. Fabrication and Characterization
5. Results and Discussion
6. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Nour, M.; Qaiser, N.; Khan, S.; Bunaiyan, S.; Hussain, M.M. Mechanically Flexible Fluid Flow Sensor for Macro-Tubular Architectures. Eng. Proc. 2021, 10, 76. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecsa-8-11330
Nour M, Qaiser N, Khan S, Bunaiyan S, Hussain MM. Mechanically Flexible Fluid Flow Sensor for Macro-Tubular Architectures. Engineering Proceedings. 2021; 10(1):76. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecsa-8-11330
Chicago/Turabian StyleNour, Maha, Nadeem Qaiser, Sherjeel Khan, Saleh Bunaiyan, and Muhammad M. Hussain. 2021. "Mechanically Flexible Fluid Flow Sensor for Macro-Tubular Architectures" Engineering Proceedings 10, no. 1: 76. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecsa-8-11330