Q-factor optimization of a tuning-fork/fiber sensor for shear-force detection

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Morville, Jérôme ^a,b   Liu, Jinquan ^a   Callegari, Andrea ^a   Chergui, Majed ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULI; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTIMIZATION; STIFFNESS; TUNING; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

ELASTIC DEFORMATION; REACTION FORCES; RESONANT MODES; SHEAR-FORCE SENSORS;

Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT;

EID: 21044445175     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1861983     Document Type: Article

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