December 2015
December 30, 2015 - 6:31am
Use the smallest instrument wire, strongest solder, and smallest solder mass practicable to improve the chances for strain gages surviving many tens of thousands of fatigue cycles. Orient the...
December 28, 2015 - 6:23am
Strain gage testing need not be left in the hands of “outside consultants;” it is easily accomplished with some training and a properly equipped lab (or work space). Micro-Measurements frequently...
December 24, 2015 - 6:12am
Foil strain gages are the primary sensors in many varieties of transducers; their versatility is unmatched in the sensor world. It is possible to measure weight, force, torque, acceleration,...
December 21, 2015 - 5:08am
As some members of the user community know well, strain gages are applied to a wide range of material surfaces. During the training of strain gage installation, examples and projects are generally...
December 17, 2015 - 6:05am
An aerospace engineer once said that automobile steel was akin to blow holes held together with slag. While it is true that low carbon SAE 1018 or 1020 steel has relatively low yield strength and...
December 15, 2015 - 8:56am
Practically every mechanical engineer knows that when properly installed, strain gages provide information that helps determine surface strains. Many are also familiar with the calculating power of...
December 10, 2015 - 6:24am
Most of us have heard this expression; in manufacturing it typically relates to using a very high-quality component in producing a very low-quality product. Strain-gage-based transducers can face the...
December 7, 2015 - 7:02am
Examples of cantilever structures can be found all around us. These structures are simple, relatively efficient, and easy to analyze. Houses, bridges, airplanes, traffic lights, anything which needs...
December 4, 2015 - 10:33am
Darryl Peterson discusses the qualification of the installation of a bonded electrical resistance strain gage using optical, electrical and load verification methods.
December 3, 2015 - 7:02am
In looking at an MM part number such as N2K-06-S5101N-50C/DG/E3, “N” is the creep code of the strain gage. Strain gage performance can be fine tuned to match the creep characteristics of different...
