Mode coupling aspects in a vibrating gyroscope

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 62, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 576-581

  Ansel, Yannick ^a   Lerch, Philippe ^a   Renaud, Philippe ^a,b,c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CSEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Angular rate sensors; Mode coupling; Vibrating gyroscopes

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREQUENCIES; MATRIX ALGEBRA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORS; VECTORS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

MECHANICAL MODE COUPLING; VIBRATING ANGULAR RATE SENSORS;

GYROSCOPES;

EID: 0031177571     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(97)01572-0     Document Type: Article

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