Application and Selection of Force Sensors
Al Brendel, Sensor Developments Inc.
While difficult to exactly define, the concept of force is easily comprehended. The attraction between two bodies is a gravitational force, which has been given the unique designation as WEIGHT. Forces can also be produced by the deflection of spring elements, hydraulic pressure acting on pistons, magnetic attraction and repulsion in motors and inertial effects generated by the acceleration of
mass. The analysis of the effects of force is most easily accomplished by treating forces as vector quantities....
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