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Interactive Guide to Strain Gage Technology




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Aa
abscissa
absolute strain
ac coupling
active arm , Wheatstone bridge
adhesive , strain gage
adjacent arm , Wheatstone bridge
algebraic maximum
ambient temperature
amplifier
amplifier balance
analog signal
analog-to-digital conversion (ADC)
anisotropic material
anisotropy
apparent strain , thermally induced
arm, Wheatstone bridge
     adjacent
     opposite
autobalance
axial gage factors
axial loads

Bb
backing , strain gage
balance , zero
balanced bridge
Balco alloy
band-pass
bandwidth
batch
beam
bending loads
biaxial rosette
biaxial state
bits
body forces
bondable strain gages
bondable terminals
branch , Wheatstone bridge
bridge completion resistors
bridge output
bridge power supply
bridge voltage
brittle materials

Cc
calibrate
calibration resistors
cantilevered beam
CLTS matching network
CLTS temperature sensor
code , strain gage, internal
coefficient of thermal expansion
combined stress
common-mode voltage
compensating gage
compliance voltage
composite material
compressive strain
compressive stress
constant-current power supply
constant-voltage power supply
constantan alloy
constitutive relationships
conversion cycle
corners, Wheatstone bridge
     adjacent
     opposite
count
creep
customary "English" units
cyanoacrylate

Dd
deadweight loads
deformation
delta rosette
differential gage factor
differential-input voltage
digital data
displacements
distortional energy
drift
ductile materials
dummy resistor
dynamic loads

Ee
elastic aftereffects
elastic deformation
elastic limit
elastic modulus
electrical resistance strain gage
elongation
encapsulation
endloops , strain gage
engineering
engineering gage factor
epoxy
equiangular rosette
equivalent stresses
error
Eulerian strain
excitation , Wheatstone bridge
extensometer
extra-bridge leadwires

Ff
failure criterion
     Haigh
     Rankine
     St. Venant
     Tresca
     Von Mises
finite strains
foil strain gage
free surface
free thermal expansion
frequency response
full-bridge circuit

Gg
gage factor
     axial
     differential
     engineering
     instrument
     local
     manufacturer's
     temperature coefficient
gage length
gage reinforcement
gain
grid , strain gage
grid width

Hh
Haigh failure criterion
half-bridge circuit
hardener
high-elongation strains
homogeneous material
Hookean strain
hoop stresses
hydrostatic state
hysteresis , mechanical

Ii
in-plane
incompressible material
indicated strains
infinitesimal strains
initial imbalance
input voltage
installed resistance
instrument gage factor
insulation resistance
intrabridge leadwires
Iso-Elastic alloy
isotropic material

Jj
junction

Kk
Karma alloy

Ll
Lagrangian strain
large strains
leadwire attenuation
leadwire resistance
leadwires
local gage factor
lot , strain gage

Mm
manganin alloy
manufacturer's gage factor
matrix , strain gage
maximum , algebraic
measurand
mechanical hysteresis
membrane stresses
metal foil strain gage
microstrain
modulus compensation
modulus of elasticity
modulus of rigidity
Mohr's circles

Nn
natural frequency
natural strain
noise
nominal resistance
nonlinearity , Wheatstone bridge
normal strains
normal stresses
null balance

Oo
opposite arms , Wheatstone bridge
opposite corners , Wheatstone bridge
ordinate
orthotropic materials
out-of-plane
output , Wheatstone bridge

Pp
pattern , strain gage
photoelastic coating
photoelasticity
planar rosette
plane strain
plane stress
plastic deformation
plate
Poisson bridge
Poisson's ratio
Poisson strains
polyimide
power corners , Wheatstone bridge
power leadwires
power supply , Wheatstone bridge
principal axes
principal strains
principal stresses
proportional limit
protective coating
pure shear

Qq
quarter bridge

Rr
RTD
range
Rankine failure criteria
readout
rectangular rosette
relative resistance change
repeatability
resistive balance
resistivity
resolution
room temperature
rosette, strain gage
     delta
     rectangular
     Tee
     planar
     stacked

Ss
scaling factor
self heating
self temperature compensation
sensitivity
shear modulus
shear strains
shear stresses
shunt calibration
SI units
signal conditioning amplifier
signal corners , Wheatstone bridge
signal leadwires
solder tab
spring constant
spring element
St. Venant failure criteria
stacked rosettes
static load
strain
     absolute
     apparent , thermally induced
     compressive
     Eulerian
     finite
     Hookean
     indicated
     infinitesimal
     Lagrangian
     natural
     normal
     principal
     shear
     stretch
     tensor , second-rank
     time dependent
     unit
strain at a point
strain energy
strain gage
     bondable
     rosette
     uniaxial
     weldable
strain-gage bridge
strain-gage pattern
strain-gage simulator
strain indicator
strain indicator calibrator
strength ratio
stress
     equivalent
     normal
     principal
     shear
     tensile
stress at a point
stress concentration
stress field
stretch
surface forces
switch-and-balance unit

Tt
tab, solder
Tee rosette
temperature coefficient of gage factor
temperature coefficient of resistance
temperature compensation
temperature sensors
tensile stress
tension
terminal strips
terminals , Wheatstone bridge
thermal expansion
thermal expansion coefficient
thermal output
thermal stresses
thin-walled
three-wire circuit
time-dependent strains
torsion
transducer
transfer coefficient
transformation relationships
transverse sensitivity
Tresca failure criterion
type , strain gage

Uu
unbalanced bridge
uncertainty
uniaxial strain field
uniaxial strain gage
uniaxial stress field
unit strain

Vv
voltage , bridge
voltage injection
Von Mises failure criterion

Ww
weldable strain gage
Wheatstone bridge
     active arm
     adjacent arms
     adjacent corners
     arm
     balanced
     branch
     completion resistors
     constant current power supply
     constant voltage power supply
     corner
     dummy resistor
     excitation
     nonlinearity
     opposite arms
     opposite corners
     output
     power corners
     power supply
     signal corners
     terminals
     unbalanced
     voltage

Xx
X-axis

Yy
Y-axis
yield point
yield strength
Young's modulus

Zz
zero balance
zero drift
zero return
zero shift