Symmetric air-spaced cantilevers for strain sensing

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 142-149

  Zheng, Qinglong ^a   Wang, Zhuo ^a   Xu, Yong ^a  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Cantilever; Strain sensing; Vibration energy harvesting

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION);

(N-1) CRITERION; (R ,S)-SYMMETRIC; ANALYTICAL MODELLING; BENDING MODES; COMPONENT MODELLING; ELSEVIER (CO); FINITE ELEMENT (FE) SIMULATIONS; MECHANICAL STRAINING; PURE BENDING; STRAIN SENSING; VIBRATION ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 47649092551     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2008.05.015     Document Type: Article

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