April 2016
April 26, 2016 - 6:13am
The inner diameter of pipes is a critical location for design and performance assessment. Corrosion, fatigue, and stress corrosion cracking often attack the pipe’s inner diameter, which can lead to...
April 14, 2016 - 6:00am
Once a strain gage sensor is bonded to the test object, its tempting to test the quality of the bond by trying to peel the gage off the surface. Such a test is misleading, however, as strain gage...
April 12, 2016 - 6:00am
Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is a catch phrase for monitoring of any infrastructure. SHM can be applied to bridges, buildings, dams, tunnels, wind turbines, industrial facilities, and even...
April 7, 2016 - 6:00am
All strain gage bonding adhesives have a “recommended” pressure to apply during adhesive curing. This can be as simple as “firm thumb pressure” for cyanoacrylate adhesives (M-Bond 200) to a specific...
April 5, 2016 - 6:00am
When figure skaters land from a leap, they can experience five to eight times their body weight. However, a fully accurate picture of the impact their leaps put on their ankles and feet has until now...
