Design and performance characteristics of an integrated high-capacity DETF-based force sensor

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 52, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 99-102

  Cheshmehdoost, A ^a   Jones, Barry E ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Force; Resonators

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; STRAIN GAGES;

DOUBLE ENDED TUNING FORK; FORCE SENSORS; LOAD CELLS;

SENSORS;

EID: 0030100609     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0924-4247(96)80132-4     Document Type: Article

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