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Sensing device with whisker elements (Document No: 20100040635)
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Description | A sensing device includes an elongated whisker element having a flexible cantilever region and a base region where a change in moment or curvature is generated by bending of the cantilever region when it contacts an object. One or more sensor elements cooperatively associated with the whisker element provide one or more output signals that is/are representative of two orthogonal components of change in moment or curvature at the whisker base region to permit determination of object distance, fluid velocity profile, or object contour (shape) with accounting for lateral slip of the whisker element and frictional characteristics of the object. Multiple sensing devices can be arranged in arrays in a manner to sense object contour without or with adjustment for lateral slip. |
| File Size | 1258083 |
| Page Count | 19 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20100040635 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t1hj1hd7k |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2010-08-17 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Electronics And Electrical Engineering Patents Inventions Bending Friction Factor Shapes Detection Curvature Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Patent |
