A inertial sensor exploiting a spike shaped ferrofluid

In this paper an inertial sensor based on the effect of an unknown perturbation on the movement of a ferrofluid spike is presented. The device consists of a glass beaker filled with deionized water and a spike shaped mass of ferrofluid. A suitable magnetic field configuration is exploited to force a...

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Main Authors: Ando, B., Baglio, S., Beninato, A.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
ferrofluidic sensor
Glass
infra-red readout
Magnetic fields
Magnetic liquids
Magnetic resonance imaging
Media
Robot sensing systems
Rosensweig effect
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Summary:In this paper an inertial sensor based on the effect of an unknown perturbation on the movement of a ferrofluid spike is presented. The device consists of a glass beaker filled with deionized water and a spike shaped mass of ferrofluid. A suitable magnetic field configuration is exploited to force a spike shape to the ferrofluid. The movement of the spike free-end is sensed via an InfraRed readout strategy. A description of the adopted experimental set-up is given along with some experimental results.
ISSN:1091-5281
DOI:10.1109/IMTC.2011.5944149