Table 3.

Electrical and mechanical properties during quasi-static test for the fiber and the different fiber embedded sensor systems.

	Quasi-Static Properties
	Mechanical Relaxation %		Electrical Relaxation %		Gauge Factor
	5% strain	20% strain	5% strain	20% strain	5% strain	20% strain
Single Fiber	42%	39%	9%	5.0%	32.7	29.4
PDMS	15%	11%	2.5%	4.2%	6.3	9.72
NR	28%	13%	4%	2.5%	32.9	38.6
PVNR	14%	7%	4%	2.0%	36.8	44.9
NR+Spring	26%	21%	3.5%	3.5%	36.6	42.2