A carbon nanotube sensor for wall shear stress measurement

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 679-691

  Bai, H L ^a   Li, W J ^b   Chow, W ^b   Zhou, Y ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; A-THERMAL; CNT SENSORS; CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; FABRICATION PROCESS; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER FLOW; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; MACROSCOPIC FLOW; MEASUREMENT SENSOR; OPERATION MODE; SENSING ELEMENTS; SENSOR OUTPUT; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; THERMAL PRINCIPLES; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYERS; TURBULENT CHANNEL FLOWS; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHANNEL FLOW; INSTRUMENTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS MEASUREMENT;

SENSORS;

EID: 77952010144     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-009-0760-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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