Comparison of force balance calibration techniques for the nano-Newton range

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 5249-5254

  Selden, Nathaniel P ^a   Ketsdever, Andrew D ^b  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATION; LASER INTERFEROMETER SPACE ANTENNAS (LISA);

CALIBRATION; ELECTROSTATICS; GAS DYNAMICS; INTERFEROMETERS; ORIFICES; SATELLITES;

FORCE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0346306073     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1623628     Document Type: Article

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