Advances in gyroscope technologies

Advances in Gyroscope Technologies

Volumn 9783642154935, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-117

  Armenise, Mario N ^a   Ciminelli, Caterina ^a   Dell'Olio, Francesco ^a   Passaro, Vittorio M N ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVABLE PERFORMANCE; ANGULAR RATE SENSORS; DESIGN TECHNIQUE; FABRICATION TECHNOLOGIES; MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; SPECIAL APPLICATIONS; UNIVERSITY COURSE;

GYROSCOPES;

EID: 84926688955     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-15494-2     Document Type: Book

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