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November 16, 2015
Transverse sensitivity is the part of gage relative resistance change caused by strains perpendicular to the primary sensing axis of the grid. It is usually expressed as a percentage of axial...
November 12, 2015
Classic diaphragm strain gages employ four gage grids arranged to take advantage of the unique tension/compression strain distribution on a pressure diaphragm. When these gages are bonded to the...
November 9, 2015
Audiences laughed when Benjamin Braddock received a one-word bit of poolside wisdom — «Plastics» — in The Graduate, but in retrospect that advice seems prescient. Since...
November 5, 2015
Have you been tasked with measuring the shear modulus of a composite material? If so don’t panic, because Micro-Measurements offers a line of gage patterns designed specifically for this...
November 3, 2015
In many cases, a product design may start with lines on a napkin and eventually reach a CAD workstation for solid modeling. From there it becomes part of a virtual assembly where it is studied for...
October 30, 2015
The use of strain gages to measure the strain and calculate the induced stress has long been recognized as a way to predict the long-term performance of a product under stress.
The commonly used...
October 27, 2015
Have you been tasked with measuring the shear modulus of a composite material? If so don’t panic, because Micro-Measurements offers a line of gage patterns designed specifically for this...
October 23, 2015
Knowing service loads is critical for improving existing designs — reducing weight and costs and increasing performance — and for proving that new designs meet specifications. The use of...
October 20, 2015
Fiberglass is used as a structural material, and it is found all around us in such things as automotive bodies, boat hulls, sports equipment, utility enclosures, etc. Installing strain gages on...
October 16, 2015
When using M-Bond 200, the final "Ph" of the bonding surface is critical to the successful installation of the gage. So your final preparation step should involve neutralizing the acidity...
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