A virtual instrumentation system for measurements on the tallest medieval bell tower in Europe

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 693-702

  Moschioni, Giovanni ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; LVDT; Tower; Vibrations; Virtual instrument; Wind

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; DATA ACQUISITION; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEMS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0042092176     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2003.814698     Document Type: Article

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