Improved signal-to-noise wideband acoustic/ultrasonic contact displacement sensors for wood and polymers

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 239-248

  Hamstad, M A ^a  

^a University of Denver   (United States)

Author keywords

Displacement sensor; High sensitivity sensor; Sensor design for wood; Wideband sensor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344001649     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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