Thin-film strain gauge sensors for ion thrust measurement

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 373-377

  Stephen, R John ^a   Rajanna, K ^a   Dhar, Vivek ^b   Kumar, K G Kalyan ^b   Nagabushanam, S ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Stationary plasma thruster; Thin film strain gauge; Thrust balance

Indexed keywords

PLASMA APPLICATIONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRAIN; THIN FILMS; VACUUM APPLICATIONS; VISCOSITY;

LAMI'S PRINCIPLE; STATIONARY PLASMA THRUSTER; THIN FILM STRAIN GAUGE; THRUST BALANCE;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 2542461190     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2004.827276     Document Type: Article

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