Interactive Guide
to Strain Gage Technology
Topical
Index
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Aa
Accessories
(see
Installation
Accessories
)
Adhesives
Product
Listing
Selection
Guidelines
Amplifiers, Signal Conditioning
Product Listings
Apparent Strain
(see
Thermal Output
)
Bb
Bondable Terminals
Product
Listing
Application
Terminal Selection
Bonding Adhesive
Soldering
Technique
Leadwire Treatment
Severe Environments
High Elongation
High G-Force
Fatigue
(see also
Leadwire
Attachment Techniques
)
Bonding, Strain Gage
Surface
Preparation
Alternate Degreasing
Solution
Removing Contaminants
Composites
Clamping
Methods
Contoured
Surfaces
Quality Control of Gage
Installations
Cc
Calibration
Purpose
Direct
Calibration
Indirect (Shunt)
Calibration
Basic Calibration
Relationships
Standard Shunt
Resistors (Table)
Instrument Scaling
Small Strains
Circuits
Quarter Bridge
Half Bridge
Full Bridge
Large Strains
Wheatstone Bridge
Nonlinearity
Circuits
Quarter Bridge
Half Bridge
Full Bridge
Instrument
Verification
Accuracy
Considerations
Errors
Shared (Common)
Leadwires
Circuits, Strain Gage
Wheatstone Bridge
Unbalanced Bridges
Quarter Bridge
Two Wire
Three Wire
External Bridge
Completion
Noise Control
Techniques
Parallel Circuits
Shared
Leadwires
Coatings for Environmental Protection
Coating Selection
Guide
Composites
Surface Preparation
Strain
Measurements
Dd
Delta Rosettes
Product
Listings
Digital Signal Processing
Signal Aliasing
Digital Filters
Throughput Rates
Scanning Rates
Time Skewing
Ee
Elastic Modulus
Table of Values
Errors
Sources in Strain Gage
Measurements
Wheatstone Bridge Nonlinearity
Causes
Magnitudes
Correction
Relationships
Leadwire Resistance
Signal Attenuation
Thermal Output
Sources
Error Elimination Techniques
Zero
Balancing at Isothermal Test Temperature
Compensation (Dummy)
Gage
Self-Temperature-Compensated
(STC) Gages
Shared (Common) Leadwires
Parallel
Circuits
Misalignment of Strain Gages
Error
Magnitudes
Rosettes
Errors, Corrections,
and Limitations
Transverse Sensitivity
Error Sources
Corrections
0-90 Tee Rosettes
0-45-90 Rectangular
Rosettes
0-60-120 Delta
Rosettes
Principal Strains
Excitation (Voltage) Levels
Introduction
Effect on
Measurements
Parameters for
Excitation Optimization
Recommended
Excitations
Techniques
Experimental
Optimization
Reduction with
Inactive Series Resistors
Cryogenic
Applications
Rosettes
(Stacked)
Temperature
Sensors
External Bridge Completion
Techniques
Ff
Fatigue Resistance
Gage Series
Selection
Fatigue Life Data
Adhesive
Selection
Solder
Selection
Installation Techniques
Leadwire
Attachment
Bondable Terminals
Force
Measurement
Techniques
Custom Transducer
Design
Fundamentals
Strain Gage
Measurement Systems
Full Bridge Circuits
Bridge Output / Nonlinearity Errors
Axial and Poisson
Strains in Opposite Arms
(Axial Loads)
Axial and Poisson
Strains in Adjacent Arms
(Bending Loads)
Equal Strains of
Opposite Sign in Adjacent Arms
(Bending & Torsional
Loads)
Gg
Gage Bonding
Techniques
Installation
Verification
Gage Construction
Strain-Sensing
Alloys
A-Alloy
P-Alloy
D-Alloy
K-Alloy
Backing Materials
Gage Features
Optional Features
Duplex Copper
Rosettes
Gage Factor
Variation
Temperature-Induced
Strain-Induced
Manufacturer's
Definition
Gage Failures
Unbonding
High Elongation
Strains
Lifted Solder Tabs
Soldering
Techniques
Open Circuit
High Elongation
Strains
Zero-Shift / Grid Cracks
Fatigue Damage
Gage Features
Optional
Standard Catalog
Special
Duplex Copper
Gage Installation
Installation
Verification
Quality Control
Techniques
Gage Selection
Gage
Parameters
Strain-Sensing
Alloy
Backing Material
Gage Series
Gage Length
Gage Pattern
S-T-C Number
Grid Resistance
Optional Features
Test
Parameters
Selection Procedures
Step-by-Step
Selection
Checklist
Case Histories
Gage Series
Specifications
Hh
Half-Bridge Circuits
Bridge Output / Nonlinearity Errors
Axial and Poisson
Strains in Adjacent Arms
(Any Uniaxial Stress Field)
Equal Strains of
Opposite Sign in Adjacent Arms
(Bending Loads)
Equal Strains of
Same Sign in Opposite Arms
(Axial Loads)
High-Elongation Strain Measurements
Gage Selection
Adhesive Selection
Installation Techniques
Surface
Preparation
Gage Bonding
Gage Wiring
Protective
Coatings
Measurement Errors
Gage Factor
Wheatstone Bridge
Nonlinearity
Finite Strains
Clip Gages
Ii
Installation Accessories
Surface
Cleaning
Adhesives
Installation
Tools
Bondable
Terminals
Soldering
Materials
Wire and
Cable
Protective
Coatings
Application
Kits
Precision
Resistors
Bridge Completion
Modules
Installation Techniques
Gages with Preattached Leadwires
Option P
Option P2
Gages in Small, Deep Holes
Method
Quality Control of Gage
Installations
Instruments
Product Listings
The Practical Basics of
Strain Gage Instrumentation
Calibration
Scaling
Verification
Circuits
Wheatstone Bridge
Output / Nonlinearity Errors
Jj
Kk
K
t
(see
Transverse
Sensitivity
)
Ll
Leadwires
Selection Criteria
Attachment Techniques
Bondable Terminals
Fatigue Life
General-Purpose
Soldering Units
Fluxes
Procedures
Solder Dots
Unbonded Gages
Mechanical Connectors
Attenuation Errors
Leadwire Resistance
Bonding Techniques
Centrifugal
Forces
Thin Sections
Heavy Sections
Gages with Preattached Leadwires
Option P
Option P2
Three-Wire
Quarter-Bridge Circuit
Attachment Techniques
Mm
Measurements
Force and Torque
Custom Transducer
Design
Residual
Stresses
Thermal
Expansion
Plastics and
Composites
Plane Shear
Material Properties
Modulus of Elasticity,
Poisson's Ratio, & Thermal Expansion
Micro-Measurements Strain Gages
Product
Listings
Modulus of Elasticity
Table of Values
Nn
Noise
Sources
Types
Electrostatic
Electromagnetic
Detection
Excitation (Bridge
Voltage) Removal
Reduction Techniques
Shielding of
Electrostatic Noise
Grounding in Severe
Environments
Common-Mode Rejection
of Electromagnetic Noise
Cable Selection for
Severe Environments
Woven-Wire Cables
H-Series
Noninductive Strain Gages
Shielding of
Electromagnetic Noise
Nonlinearity Errors
Wheatstone Bridge
Causes
Magnitudes
Correction
Relationships
Oo
Optional Features
Specifications
Pp
Parallel Circuits
(see
Shared Leadwires
)
Plane Shear
Strain
Measurements
Plastics
Strain
Measurements
Poisson's Ratio
Table of Values
Post-Yield Strain Measurements
(see
High-Elongation Strain
Measurements
)
Preattached Leadwires
Installation Techniques
Option P
Option P2
Pressure Transducer, Diaphragm
Design
Considerations
Protective Coatings
Application
Techniques
Product
Listings
Coating Selection
Guide
Application Notes
Qq
Quarter-Bridge Circuits
Three-Wire
Circuit
Bridge Output / Nonlinearity Errors
Single Gage
(Tension or Compression)
Rr
Recommendations
Gage Series /
Adhesives for Various Test Profiles
Rectangular Rosettes
Product
Listings
Remote Sense
Techniques
Remote Shunt Calibration
Techniques
Residual Stress
Hole-drilling
Method
Gages
RS-200 Milling
Guide
Rosettes
Geometry
Selection Criteria
Gage Construction
Data Reduction
Gage Numbering
Principal Strains
& Directions
Cartesian Strain
Components
Principal Stresses
Errors, Corrections,
and Limitations
Transverse
Sensitivity
Tee (0-90)
Rectangular
(0-45-90)
Delta (0-60-120)
Ss
Self-Temperature-Compensated (STC) Gages
Introduction
Shared Leadwires
Uses
Risks & Error
Sources
Remedial Measures
Shear Gages
Product
Listings
Shunt Calibration
(see
Calibration
)
Solder Tabs
Soldering
Techniques
Soldering
Product
Listings
Techniques
General-Purpose
Soldering Units
Fluxes
Procedures
Avoiding Lifted Solder
Tabs
Silver
Soldering
Solder Dots
Star Bridge
Construction &
Use
Strain Gages
Strain Gage Measurement Systems
Design and
Construction
Strip Gages
Common-Tab Strip Gages
020MT & 020PF
Patterns
062MD, 062MW &
125MW Patterns
Strain Indicators
Product Listings
Tt
Tee Rosettes
Product
Listings
Terminals
(see
Bondable Terminals
)
Temperature Sensors
Operational
Characteristics
Product
Listings
Thermal Expansion
Measurement
Techniques
Table of Values
Thermal Output
Source
Effect of Alloys
Error Elimination Techniques
Zero
Balancing at Isothermal Test Temperature
Compensation (Dummy)
Gage
Self-Temperature-Compensated
(S-T-C) Gages
Relation of S-T-C
Number to Thermal Expansion
Correction for Thermal
Output
Using
Manufacturer's Data
Direct Calibration
Adjustment for Gage
Factor
Effect of
Curvature
Thermal Output
Reduction by S-T-C Mismatch
Three-Wire
Quarter-Bridge Circuit
Compensating for Gage
Factor Variation
Torque
Measurement
Techniques
Custom Transducer
Design
Transducers, Strain-Gage-Based
Custom (D.I.Y.) Design
Introduction
Design
Considerations
Bending Beams
Column Load Cells
Tension Links
Torque
Other
Separating Combined
Loads
Improving
Performance
Design Considerations for Commercial Production
Introduction
Design
Considerations
Beams
Rings
Shear Webs
Columns
Diaphragm
Pressure
Materials for Spring
Elements
The Strain Gage
System
Gage Selection
Adhesive Selection
Transducer
Completion
Wiring
Circuit Refinement
Output Adjustment &
Compensation
Zero Shift with
Temperature
Initial Zero
Balance
Span Shift with
Temperature
Span Adjustment
Environmental
Protection
Transverse Sensitivity
Error Sources
Manufacturer's
Gage Factor
Corrections
Two-Element Rosettes
0-90 Tee Rosettes
Shear Strains
Three-Element Rosettes
0-45-90 Rectangular
Rosettes
0-60-120 Delta
Rosettes
Correction of
Principal Strains
Rosettes with
Nonuniform Transverse Sensitivities
Tutorial
Strain Gage
Measurement Systems
Uu
Uniaxial Gages
Product
Listings
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