February 2018
February 14, 2018 - 7:46am
The technical literature on strain measurement can make the subject appear complex and confusing. Indeed, measurements sometimes are complex and confusing. But more often than not they are neither....
February 13, 2018 - 8:24am
Full bridge configurations provide all four active gages which make up the Wheatstone bridge and the intra bridge circuit is integrated on a common backing matrix providing more accurate gage...
February 12, 2018 - 7:22am
The Micro-Measurements Advanced Sensors Technology product portfolio includes linear, shear, bi-axial and diaphragm (circular and linear pattern) gages, arranged as individual, half-bridge and full-...
February 9, 2018 - 8:19am
The sensing grid in shear pattern strain gages is angled at 45° to the long axis of the gage. These sensors are designed to facilitate reliable and accurate torque, shear and torsional load...
February 8, 2018 - 7:16am
OVERVIEW
The operating characteristics of resistive metal foil strain gages are influenced by many parameters, probably the most fundamental of which are the backing material (plastic insulator...
February 7, 2018 - 2:30pm
In this video, Darryl and Tom demonstrate the importance of choosing the right installation tape for handling strain gages, and discuss why it is not recommended to use just any PTFE tape, masking...
February 7, 2018 - 8:18am
Bi-axial strain gages, often referred to as Poisson gages, are 90° tee rosette gages, aligned with the principal strains in uniaxial stress loading, for use in column load cells or simple cantilever...
February 6, 2018 - 2:15pm
Linear patterns are typically used in S-Beam, Binocular, Reverse Bending, Dual Beam load cell and pressure transducer designs.
The grid size can be matched to the peak strain portion of the T-...
February 6, 2018 - 2:11pm
In this video, Tom Rummage and Collin Mooney will use a soda can and a rosette foil strain gage to demonstrate how to measure the stresses developed in a thin-walled pressure vessel. The pressure...
