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Mixed Methods in Force Measurements

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This chapter comprises some applications which combine two or more force measurement principles, as well as force transducers based on sensors difficult to include in a certain category, like carbon nanotubes (CNTs).

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Ştefănescu, D.M. (2011). Mixed Methods in Force Measurements. In: Handbook of Force Transducers. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18296-9_16

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