Actuators and their mechanisms in microengineering

Engineering Science and Education Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages

  Wood, D ^a   Burdess, J S ^b   Harris, A J ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; APPLICATIONS; SENSORS; SILICON;

MICROENGINEERING;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 0031998794     PISSN: 09637346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/esej:19980105     Document Type: Article

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