June 2016
June 28, 2016 - 6:53am
Power meters have been gaining in popularity among cyclists as an important tool in providing training feedback. One of the major challenges in producing a transducer for cycling applications is...
June 23, 2016 - 2:11pm
Civil engineers constantly face the challenge of making accurate strain measurements in very hostile environments. Wind, rain sleet, snow, extreme temperatures, traffic...the list goes on and on....
June 9, 2016 - 6:00am
Since 1990, the student-directed University of Minnesota Solar Vehicle Project’s mission is to teach its members about engineering and project management while creating solar-powered cars that...
June 6, 2016 - 6:00am
Sound engineering and laboratory practices require that the instrumentation used to make critical strain measurements is periodically calibrated to verify that it is within the manufacturer’s...
June 2, 2016 - 6:30am
Considering that a primary motivation for inventing the bonded, electrical resistance strain gage was to reduce propeller failures on military aircraft in the 1940’s it should be no surprise that...
