November 2015
November 30, 2015 - 8:56am
For stable strain readings, all connections between the strain gage and the instrument should be soldered or use very high-quality, low-resistance connectors. Alligator clips should never be used for...
November 25, 2015 - 5:37am
The increasing use of composite materials in a variety of applications, especially in the automotive and aerospace industries, means that test engineers must perform extensive strain gage testing on...
November 23, 2015 - 6:33am
Strain-gage-based transducers are commercially made from either alloy steel and aluminum alloys. Which is best?
Performance-wise, there isn’t much difference. Both quality and accurate load cells can...
November 19, 2015 - 7:31am
M-Bond 610 adhesive has an astounding 1150° Fahrenheit temperature range. It provides stable, repeatable strain gage bonds from -452°F to +700°F short term, and from -452°F to +500°F long term. No...
November 16, 2015 - 7:25am
Transverse sensitivity is the part of gage relative resistance change caused by strains perpendicular to the primary sensing axis of the grid. It is usually expressed as a percentage of axial...
November 12, 2015 - 6:21am
Classic diaphragm strain gages employ four gage grids arranged to take advantage of the unique tension/compression strain distribution on a pressure diaphragm. When these gages are bonded to the “...
November 9, 2015 - 7:00am
Audiences laughed when Benjamin Braddock received a one-word bit of poolside wisdom — «Plastics» — in The Graduate, but in retrospect that advice seems prescient. Since that solemn admonition in...
November 5, 2015 - 7:12am
Have you been tasked with measuring the shear modulus of a composite material? If so don’t panic, because Micro-Measurements offers a line of gage patterns designed specifically for this application...
November 3, 2015 - 6:23am
In many cases, a product design may start with lines on a napkin and eventually reach a CAD workstation for solid modeling. From there it becomes part of a virtual assembly where it is studied for...
