Micro-impedance inclinometer with wide-angle measuring capability and no damping effect

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 113-119

  Lin, Che Hsin ^a   Kuo, Shu Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Damping effect; Inclinometer; Liquid metal; Metal pendulum; SDS

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; GLASS; LIQUID METALS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

DAMPING EFFECT; INCLINOMETER; METAL PENDULUM;

DAMPING;

EID: 40949155859     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2007.08.021     Document Type: Article

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