Can ferrohydrodynamic instabilities be useful in transducers? [Instrumentation Notes]

IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-45

  Andò, Bruno ^a   Baglio, Salvatore ^a   Beninato, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ferroelectric devices; Hydrodynamics; Stability analysis; Transducers

Indexed keywords

CARRIER LIQUID; COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS; DISPERSED PARTICLE; ELASTIC ENERGY; FERRO FLUID; HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS; LIQUID STATE; MAGNETIC FORCE; MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES; MAGNETIC PARTICLE; MAGNETIC PRESSURE; MAGNETO-RHEOLOGICAL FLUID; MASS POSITION; MECHANICAL ENERGIES; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STRONG MAGNETIC FIELDS;

FERROELECTRIC DEVICES; FERROELECTRICITY; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUIDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUIDS; NANOMAGNETICS; NANOPARTICLES; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TRANSDUCERS;

MAGNETIC BUBBLES;

EID: 79551625871     PISSN: 10946969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MIM.2011.5704809     Document Type: Article

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