A novel ferrofluidic inclinometer

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1114-1123

  And̀o, Bruno ^a   Ascia, Alberto ^a   Baglio, Salvatore ^a   Savalli, Nicolò ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Characterization; Ferrofluids; Inclinometer; Modeling

Indexed keywords

EXCITATION COIL; FERROFLUIDIC INCLINOMETER; TWO SENSING COILS;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); TRANSDUCERS;

MAGNETIC FLUIDS;

EID: 34547893767     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2007.899870     Document Type: Article

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