Handbook of Force Transducers

I. PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF FORCE MEASUREMENT

1. Introduction to Force Measurement
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2. Electrical Methods of Force Measurement
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3. Resistive Force Transducers
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4. Inductive Force Transducers
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5. Capacitive Force Transducers
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6. Piezoelectric Force Transducers (PZFTs)
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7. Electromagnetic Force Transducers
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8. Electrodynamic Force Transducers
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9. Magnetoelastic Force Transducers
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10. Galvanomagnetic Force Transducers
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11. Vibrating-wire Force Transducers
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12. Resonator Force Transducers
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13. Acoustic Force Transducers
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14. Gyroscopic Force Transducers
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15. Force Balance Techniques
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16. Mixed Methods in Force Measurements
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II. FORCE TRANSDUCERS COMPONENTS

17. The Force Measurement Chain
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18. Wheatstone Bridge - The Basic Circuit for Strain Gauge Force Transducers
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19. Strain Gauges Electronic Circuits
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20. Classification of Elastic Elements
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21. Stretched / Compressed Columns
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22. Stretched / Compressed Tubes
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23. Bent Lamella (Cantilever Beams)
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24. Bent and/or Torsion Shafts
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25. Middle Bent Bars With Fixed Ends
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26. Shearing Strained Elastic Elements
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27. Bent Yokes and Frames
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28. Bent Rings and “Glasses”
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29. Bent Membranes
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30. Complex Loaded Torus
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31. Axisymmetric Elastic Elements
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32. Volumetric Elastic Elements
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33. Complex, Composed and Combined Elastic Structures
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34. Elastic Elements Selection Criteria
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35. Digital and Intelligent Force Transducers
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Keywords: Engineering, Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer, Mechatronics, Machinery and Machine Elements