September 2018

September 27, 2018 - 10:22am
BACK TO THE BASICS – HOW DO I WIRE A STRAIN GAGE BEFORE BONDING?
I would like first to explain why we chose the image for this article.  Many years ago there were several brave stress analysts who bonded strain gage sensors to a horse shoe, while the horse was...
September 20, 2018 - 9:00am
Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) – Fracture and Its Costs
The global annual cost of fractures has been estimated at more than $150 billion dollars, with an optimistically stated uncertainty of ±10%.  The cost includes the cost of the item that is fractured...
September 18, 2018 - 10:14am
THEY LAUGHED WHEN I SAID I WILL MEASURE TORQUE — BUT WHEN I STARTED TO MEASURE!
Torque measurement is a very common application, used to measure engine power output on propshafts and driveshafts, driver input through steering wheels, tightening bolts, or anywhere a component is...