Dynamic simulation model for a vibrating fluid density sensor

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 76, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 213-224

  Veijola, Timo ^a   Corman, Thierry ^b   Enoksson, Peter ^b   Stemme, Göran ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTROSTATICS; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT;

FLUID DENSITY SENSOR; GAS FILM DAMPING; REYNOLD EQUATION;

SENSORS;

EID: 0343932613     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(99)00033-3     Document Type: Article

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