Title :
Recent evolution of smart force transducers
Author :
Stefanescu, Dan Mihai
Author_Institution :
Romanian Meas. Soc. (RMS), Bucharest, Romania
Abstract :
The paper gathers for the first time measurement principles, technological aspects and typical performances of several types of smart force transducers (vibrating wire, resistive and optical), giving some comparative data concerning their measurement sensitivity. Further, an original medical application is presented, about the integration of a classical strain gauge force transducer into a medical application using virtual instrumentation.
Keywords :
force sensors; intelligent sensors; strain gauges; time measurement; transducers; virtual instrumentation; classical strain gauge force transducer; medical application; smart force transducer; time measurement principle; virtual instrumentation; Force; Force measurement; Optical variables measurement; Sensors; Strain; Transducers; Wires; flexiforce; force transducers; intelligent system; optical detector; smart sensing; strain gauges; vibrating wires;
Conference_Titel :
Sensing Technology (ICST), 2013 Seventh International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wellington
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5220-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICSensT.2013.6727669
