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However, mathematical models of piezo-resistive eight-beam three-axis accelerometers have rarely been reported. Furthermore, those works are largely focused on the analysis of sensing acceleration in the normal direction, rather than in three directions. Therefore, a complete mathematical model of a piezo-resistive eight-beam three-axis accelerometer is developed in this paper. The validity of the mathematical model is proved by a Finite Element Method (FEM) simulation. Furthermore, the accelerometer is fabricated and tested. The prime sensitivities of X, Y and Z axes are 0.209 mV\/g, 0.212 mV\/g and 1.247 mV\/g at 160 Hz, respectively, which is in accord with the values obtained by the model. The reason why the prime sensitivity SZZ is bigger than SXX and SYY is explained. Besides, it is also demonstrated why the cross-sensitivities SXZ and SYZ exceed SZX and SZY. Compared with the FEM model, the developed model could be helpful in evaluating the performance of three-axis accelerometers in an accurate and rapid way.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s18113641","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,10,26]],"date-time":"2018-10-26T10:51:01Z","timestamp":1540551061000},"page":"3641","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":20,"title":["A Mathematical Model of a Piezo-Resistive Eight-Beam Three-Axis Accelerometer with Simulation and Experimental Validation"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"Jinlong","family":"Song","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Science and Technology on Electronic Test and Measurement Laboratory, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Changde","family":"He","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Science and Technology on Electronic Test and Measurement Laboratory, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Renxin","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Science and Technology on Electronic Test and Measurement Laboratory, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chenyang","family":"Xue","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Science and Technology on Electronic Test and Measurement Laboratory, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1762-9246","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Wendong","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Science and Technology on Electronic Test and Measurement Laboratory, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,10,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"11","DOI":"10.1080\/02564602.2015.1065713","article-title":"Design Issues of Piezoresistive MEMS Accelerometer for an Application Specific Medical Diagnostic System","volume":"33","author":"Biswas","year":"2016","journal-title":"IETE Tech. 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