A novel ultrasonic clutch using near-field acoustic levitation

Ultrasonics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-55

  Chang, Kuo Tsi ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Driving shaft; Slave shaft; Ultrasonic clutch; Ultrasonic transducer; Ultrasonic vibration

Indexed keywords

DRIVING SHAFT; SLAVE SHAFT; ULTRASONIC CLUTCH; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER; ULTRASONIC VIBRATION;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; CLUTCHES; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL SENSORS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; TERMINALS (ELECTRIC); TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 4444245112     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2004.02.023     Document Type: Article

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