Power-free bistable threshold accelerometer made from a carbon nanotube framework

Mechanical Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 397-405

  Tanner, J D ^a   Jensen, B D ^a  

^a Brigham Young University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; PENDULUMS; STRESS RELAXATION;

BISTABLES; COMPLIANT BEAMS; CONSTANT ACCELERATION; FABRICATION PROCESS; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; RANDOM VARIATION; RELAXATION EFFECT; SPINNING DISKS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84897760916     PISSN: 21919151     EISSN: 2191916X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/ms-4-397-2013     Document Type: Article

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