Magnetostrictive delay lines: Engineering theory and sensing applications

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Hristoforou, E ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Magnetic materials; Magnetostriction; Sensors

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); PRODUCT DESIGN; SENSORS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

MAGNETOSTRICTIVE DELAY LINE (MDL);

MAGNETOSTRICTIVE DEVICES;

CONTROL SYSTEM; MAGNETIC TECHNIQUE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MONITORING; SENSOR;

EID: 0037326406     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/14/2/201     Document Type: Article

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