Research Catalog

Strain gage techniques: fundamentals (July 15-19, 1957), applications (July 22-26, 1957)

Title
Strain gage techniques: fundamentals (July 15-19, 1957), applications (July 22-26, 1957) Lectures and laboratory exercises presented by William M. Murray and Peter K. Stein.
Author
Murray, William M. (William McGregor), 1910-
Publication
Cambridge, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ©1957.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

2 Items

StatusVol/DateFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
Request for On-site UseRequest Scan
How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?
v.2TextUse in library 9133.667.2 v.2Off-site
Request for On-site UseRequest Scan
How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?
v.1TextUse in library 9133.667.2 v.1Off-site

Details

Additional Authors
  • Stein, Peter K.
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Description
2 volumes (viii, 657 pages) illustrations, diagrams; 28 cm
Alternative Title
Strain gage techniques : MIT special summer programs
Subject
  • Strain gages
  • strain gages
Note
  • On cover: M.I.T. Special summer programs, 1957.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
General survey of fundamental requirements and concepts -- Selection and installation of gages -- Details of some gage characteristics -- Basic considerations in strain gage instrumentation -- Mechanical aspects of the gage system -- Electrical aspects of the gage system -- The potentiometric circuit -- The wheatstone bridge -- Design of high-sensitivity strain gage circuits using galvanometers -- Varying the sensitivity of strain gages and strain gage circuits -- Common zero balancing of a number of strain gages -- Multiple gage bridge circuits -- Applied mechanics aspects of bridge arrangements with more than one active gage -- Bridge arrangements for measuring quantities other than strain -- Characteristics of measuring systems -- Determination of amplifier characteristics -- Amplitude modulation -- Some selection criteria for amplifiers -- Calibration of a strain indicating system -- Fundamentals of measuring systems -- Some commercial systems -- Dynamic strain measurement -- Rosette analysis -- Temperature effects -- Effect of distance of the gage wire from the surface of attachment -- Effect of incomplete bonding on indicated strain -- Contact resistance and switching -- True zero on a strain indicator-resistance difference meter -- Single gage desensitization -- Effect of gage factor setting on zero reading -- Effect of gage factor setting on strain readings -- Common zero balancing switching unit -- Multiple gage bridge circuits -- Determination of the linear input region of an amplifier -- Determination of frequency characteristics of an amplifier -- Amplifier noise -- Fundamentals of measuring systems -- Determination of bridge supply voltage -- Effect of transducer resistance on Baldwin indicator calibration and linearity -- Indicator amplifier characteristics -- Measurement of static strains with chopper -- Steady state dynamic test -- Unsteady state low frequency dynamic test -- Transients of short duration -- Torque and thrust meters -- Measurement of transverse shear -- Measurement of moments at inaccessible locations -- Strain gage rosettes.
OCLC
  • ocm09162230
  • 9162230
  • SCSB-1040962
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library