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October 29, 2020
Standing on the shoulders of giants
Strain gauge failures – why do they happen, and how can you avoid them? Strain gauges are incredibly reliable devices. Installed using the right products and best-practice with a full...
October 17, 2020
Satellite Preload Measuring Instruments for Controlling Forces during Liftoff
"The resistance strain gage, because of its unique operational characteristics, has dominated the transducer field for the past eighty years or so.”  Escape Velocity from Earth is...
October 6, 2020
Strain Gaged Gripper Jaws for Space Flight Mission.
Collecting samples from Mars and bringing them back to Earth is a historic undertaking that starts with the launch of NASA’s Mars 2020 rover. The rover will collect samples and leave them ready...
October 2, 2020
Flying into the future
The first foil strain gauges were invented by Peter Scott Jackson of Saunders Roe, an aerospace company in the UK, out of necessity. Stronger and lighter designs required accurate, reliable data and...
September 24, 2020
The Pursuit of Excellence - One Micro-Strain at a Time
If we had a stress analyst’s motto, it might well be: The Pursuit of Excellence. What does that really mean in plain, everyday language? It simply means that we try to do the best job possible...
September 23, 2020
Strain Gauge Bonding of 6 DOF Sensor used in Additive Manufacturing in Low Earth Orbit
Project performed by Stress-tek, Inc. July 2020. Lifting mass into orbit is one of the more challenging concepts of space travel. A satellite in low earth orbit will perform the additively...
September 23, 2020
Photoelastic Analysis of Structural Support on Rocket Engine Fuel Line Bellows
Onsite analysis performed by Stress-tek, Inc. August 2020. The BE-4 Blue Origin rocket engine delivers 550,000 lb. of thrust at sea level using seven engine nozzles to make up the rocket motor....
August 19, 2020
Crossing The Bridge In Search of the Perfect Zero.
The Wheatstone bridge, developed more than a century ago to accurately measure the resistance of electrical components, is the sensing circuit in which electrical resistance strain gages are most...
August 19, 2020
Helping to Improve the quality of Life.
What type of business are we in? I am sure that any stress analyst has been asked this question many times and we each probably have our own individual distinctive reply such as – stress...
August 17, 2020
IF IT LOOKS LIKE A RESISTOR, BUT RESPONDS TO STRESS, THEN IT PROBABLY IS A STRAIN GAGE.
The Resistance Rules Of Thumb. The actual resistance of all electrical components – including strain gages – depends upon three things: - The size and shape of the component. -...