Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) and Precision Field Transducers: Coriolis Mass Flow Tubes, Vibrating-Wire Strain Gauges, Piezoresistive Silicon Diaphragms, and MEMS Gyroscopes

Deep End Era. Engineering with Sankalp · Oct 29, 2026 · 1h 11m

The finale of Series 9 connects macro-scale industrial and geotechnical field transducers with micro-scale silicon MEMS: Charles Smith's 1954 silicon piezoresistance tensor, vibrating-tube Coriolis mass flow and density meters, geotechnical vibrating-wire strain gauges, and Bosch-process DRIE MEMS capacitive accelerometers and Coriolis gyroscopes.

Chapters

00:00:00 Opening: The Custody Pipe, the Concrete Dam, and the Silicon Chip

00:04:16 From Lord Kelvin's Metal Foil to Charles Smith's 1954 Silicon Piezoresistance Tensor and the Wheatstone Bridge

00:10:30 Industrial Differential-Pressure…