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February 6, 2018
Stress Analysis of Thin-Walled Pressure Vessel
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...
February 6, 2018
Linear Patterns: Single Grid and Dual Grid
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...
February 5, 2018
Option W (Why, Where, When)
Darryl Peterson and Tom Rummage discuss the benefits and limitations of using Option W on strain gages to facilitate lead wire attachment Bonding A Strain Gauge with Pre-Attached Leadwires...
February 2, 2018
A Rough Specimen
Tom Rummage and Darryl Peterson discuss the subtle requirements and effects involved when using a coating to smooth the bonding surface on a rough specimen (like concrete) prior to strain gage...
February 1, 2018
Mind The Oxidation
Darryl Peterson and Tom Rummage discuss how to use an abrasive media, like a Pink Pearl eraser, to remove oxidation formed on strain gage solder tabs or bondable terminals. Soldering to Gages on...
January 29, 2018
Buying a new mountain bike?
Buying a new mountain bike? You need to decide between bikes with front suspension only (a “hardtail”) or full (front and rear) suspension. We decided to investigate the change in...
January 26, 2018
Measuring the shock of off-road ( hard terrain) cycling
Buying a new mountain bike? You need to decide between bikes with front suspension only (a “hardtail”) or full (front and rear) suspension. We decided to investigate the change in...
January 26, 2018
Bonding A Strain Gauge with Pre-Attached Leadwires
For those you who hate to solder or your application demands preattached leads Micro-Measurements offers several options. C2A series gages, CEA W/Option P2 and EA W/Option P all have 10 feet of...
January 25, 2018
The Structure Who Cried Wolf
A customer approached us with a skyscraper structural monitoring application that requires user defined alarm and warning triggered events to be sent to the remote operator located thousands of miles...
January 23, 2018
Strain Gauge Installation
In this podcast Tom and Darryl discuss about necessary steps for the verification of strain gage installation to ensure stability.   Installation verification: http://www.vishaypg.com/docs...