A novel magnetic actuated bistable acceleration switch with low contact resistance

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 869-876

  Zhao, Jian ^a   Yang, Yintang ^a   Wang, Hongxi ^b   Jia, Jianyuan ^a  

^a XIDIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acceleration switch; Bistable; Contact reliability; Dynamic model; Threshold

Indexed keywords

BI-STABILITY; BISTABLE MECHANISMS; BISTABLE STRUCTURES; BISTABLES; CHARGE MODELS; COMBINED EFFECT; COMBINED FORCES; CONTACT FORCES; CONTACT RELIABILITY; DESIGN PROCESS; DESIGN VALUE; DYNAMIC DESIGN; DYNAMIC SIMULATION; ELASTIC BEAM; FAST RESPONSE; INERTIAL MASS; MAGNETIC FORCE; MATERIAL MECHANICS; MECHANICAL FORCE; METAL CONTACTS; MINIMUM RESISTANCE; PARALLEL BEAMS; PERMANENT MAGNETICS; PULSE SHAPES; RESPONSE TIME; SHOCK PULSE; SIMULATION RESULT; SNAP-THROUGH; STATIC AND DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; TEST BENCHES; THREE DIMENSIONAL SPACE; THRESHOLD; THRESHOLD ACCELERATION; UNSYMMETRICAL; VERTICAL DIRECTION; WORKING PRINCIPLES;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CONTACT RESISTANCE; DYNAMIC MODELS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; RELIABILITY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ACCELERATION;

EID: 77949369388     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2009.2036442     Document Type: Article

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