Minimization of the coil movement of the LNE watt balance during weighing mode and estimation of parasitic forces and torques involved

Metrologia

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Thomas, Matthieu ^a   Espel, Patrick ^a   Briand, Yves ^a   Genevès, Gérard ^a   Bielsa, Franck ^a   Pinot, Patrick ^b   Juncar, Patrick ^b   Piquemal, François ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE NATIONAL DE MÉTROLOGIE ET D ESSAIS LNE   (France)

^b University of Paris Cité   (France)

Author keywords

alignment; LNE; watt balance

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FORCES AND TORQUES; LNE; RELATIVE UNCERTAINTY; WATT BALANCE;

WEIGHING;

EID: 84897539591     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/51/2/S54     Document Type: Article

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