Overview
Complementary handbook for engineers, technicians, students and practitioners, providing a good deal of up-to-date information
Complete book in handbook style
Second volume of the successful “Handbook of Force Transducers” concentrating on Characteristics and Applications
Useful for experts and newcomers
Includes multidisciplinary applications, exhaustively presented and, finally, an example of virtual instrumentation in this field
Includes more than 190 colorful and informative illustrations and 260 bibliographical references bringing additional value and strength to this unique work about various applications with strain gauge force transducers (SGFTs) and their characteristics
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Characteristics of Force Transducers
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Applications with Force Transducers
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About this book
Part I introduces the basic “Principles and Methods of Force Measurement” according to a classification into a dozen of force transducerstypes: resistive, inductive, capacitive, piezoelectric, electromagnetic, electrodynamic, magnetoelastic, galvanomagnetic (Hall-effect), vibrating wires, (micro)resonators, acoustic and gyroscopic. Two special chapters refer to force balance techniques and to combined methods in force measurement.
Part II discusses the “(Strain Gauge) Force Transducers Components”, evolving from the classical force transducer to the digital / intelligent one, with the incorporation of three subsystems (sensors, electromechanics and informatics). The elastic element (EE) is the “heart” of the force transducer and basically determines its performance. A 12-type elastic element classification is proposed (stretched / compressed column or tube, bending beam, bending and/or torsion shaft, middle bent bar with fixed ends, shear beam, bending ring, yoke or frame, diaphragm, axial-stressed torus, axisymmetrical and voluminous EE), with emphasis on the optimum place of the strain gauges. The main properties of the associated Wheatstone bridge, best suited for the parametrical transducers, are examined, together with the appropriate electronic circuits for SGFTs. The handbook fills a gap in the field of Force Measurement, both experts and newcomers, no matter of their particular interest, finding a lot of useful and valuable subjects in the area of Force Transducers; in fact, it is the first specialized monograph in this inter- and multidisciplinary field.Authors and Affiliations
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Handbook of Force Transducers
Book Subtitle: Characteristics and Applications
Authors: Dan Mihai Ştefănescu
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35322-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-35321-6Published: 27 January 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-35324-7Published: 27 January 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-35322-3Published: 27 January 2020
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XVI, 246
Number of Illustrations: 36 b/w illustrations, 186 illustrations in colour