Numerical simulation and optimization of planar electromagnetic actuators

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 276-282

  Feustel, A ^a   Krusemark, O ^a   Muller J ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microactuators; Planar electromagnetic actuators; Planar inductors

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETS; OPTIMIZATION;

PLANAR ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATORS;

MICROACTUATORS;

EID: 0032188127     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(98)00103-4     Document Type: Article

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