Development of piezoelectric strain gages for structural health monitoring applications

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 894, Issue , 2007, Pages 902-909

  Yenilmez, A ^a   Yapici, A ^b   Velez, C ^c   Tansel, I N ^c  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Florida International University   (United States)

Author keywords

Force; Instruments for strain; Piezoelectricity and electromechanical effects; Torque

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248226810     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2718064     Document Type: Conference Paper

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