The history of the accelerometer 1920s-1996 - Prologue and Epilogue, 2006

Sound and Vibration

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 84-92

  Walter, Patrick L ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ISA ^*  (United States)

^c Aerospace Systems and Test Measurements Divisions   (United States)

^d Society of Experimental Mechanics   (United States)

^e AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH VOLUME MANUFACTURED ACCELEROMETERS; PIEZOELECTRIC ACCELEROMETERS; PIEZORESISTIVE ACCELEROMETERS;

ELASTIC MODULI; MEMS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; TENSILE TESTING; TRANSDUCERS;

ACCELEROMETERS;

EID: 34547610065     PISSN: 15410161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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