The use of polyvinylidene fluoride films as sensors for the experimental modal analysis of structures

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 791-799

  Chen, Rong Liang ^a   Wang, Bor Tsuen ^b  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ALGORITHMS; CANTILEVER BEAMS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SENSORS; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS); THIN FILMS;

FREQUENCCCY RESPONSE FFUNCTION (FRF); MODAL DAMPING RATIOS; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE FILMS; STRUCTURAL MODAL TESTING;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 4043122577     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/13/4/017     Document Type: Article

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