Investigation of the transient behavior of a cantilever beam using PVDF sensors

Sensors

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 2088-2117

  Ma, Chien Ching ^a   Huang, Yu Hsi ^b   Pan, Shan Ying ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cantilever beam; PVDF film sensor; Resonant frequency; Strain gage; Transient response

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYL DERIVATIVE; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; PRESSURE; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; YOUNG MODULUS;

AMPLIFIERS, ELECTRONIC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICRO-ELECTRICAL-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; POLYVINYLS; PRESSURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE;

EID: 84863280805     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s120202088     Document Type: Article

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