Design of limit-switch sensors based on discontinuity-induced nonlinearities

Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference 2009, DETC2009

Volumn 1, Issue PART A, 2010, Pages 319-328

  Wilcox, Bryan ^a   Dankowicz, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT PROTECTION; CRITICAL VALUE; ELECTROMAGNETIC CIRCUITS; FREQUENCY CONTENTS; INDUSTRIAL SETTINGS; INPUT-OUTPUT; LOW-VELOCITY; MECHANICAL DEVICE; MONITOR AND CONTROL; NON-LINEARITY; OPERATING PRINCIPLES; OPERATING STATE; RAPID TRANSIENTS; RESPONSE CHARACTERISTIC; SENSOR DESIGNS; SENSOR PERFORMANCE; SNAP-THROUGH; STATE TRAJECTORY; SYSTEM RESPONSE; TRANSIENT GROWTH; ULTRA-FAST; VIBRO-IMPACTING SYSTEMS;

COUPLED CIRCUITS; SENSORS;

DESIGN;

EID: 77953785716     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2009-86560     Document Type: Conference Paper

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