A PVDF transducer for low-frequency acceleration measurements

ISA Transactions

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 319-328

  Daku, Brian L F ^a   Mohamed, Enas M A ^a   Prugger, Arnfinn F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Geopbone; Piezoelectric PVDF; Sensor; Transducer

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION MEASUREMENT; MINING ENGINEERING; MONITORING; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; POTASH MINES; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

GEOPHONES; MICROSEISMIC ACTIVITY; MINING INDUSTRY; STRUCTURAL VIBRATIONS;

PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS;

POLYVINYL DERIVATIVE; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCER; VALIDATION STUDY; VIBRATION;

ACCELERATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; POLYVINYLS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS; VIBRATION;

EID: 3843148385     PISSN: 00190578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0019-0578(07)60151-7     Document Type: Article

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