2012 年 78 巻 789 号 p. 1863-1871
Sheet type shear force sensors are developed based on a new detection principle of shearing force. The typical size of one axis shear sensor is a square with 30mm to 100mm in one length, and the thickness is about 1.5mm. Two axis shear force sensor can be made by orthogonally piling up two one axis sensors and integrating together. The shear force sensor is composed of several PVDF strips arranged in parallel and the solid cover plates placed on both surfaces of the PVDF strips. A shear force applied to the solid cover plates is transmitted to the PVDF strips as the axial forces (tensile force and compression force). Several shear force sensors are made for trial purpose, and the performance are examined through experiment.