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StrainSmart Software
Description
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Description
| Ready-to-use StrainSmart
®
software makes test setup fast and easy for strain
gages, strain-gage-based transducers, thermocouples,
temperature sensors, LVDT's, potentiometers,
piezoelectric sensors, and other commonly used
transducers. Using the parameters input for sensors,
materials, and instrumentation hardware, StrainSmart
automatically outputs the results of the test data in
engineering units. Test setups and measurement data
can also be permanently stored for offline display or
for use in databases, word processors, and
spreadsheets.
StrainSmart has the capability to reduce data in both the time and frequency domains. FFT analysis may be elected for data acquired at scanning rates of 100 samples per second, or more. Accurate strain measurements require attention to the unique characteristics of the strain gage and measurement system — thermal output, temperature coefficient of gage factor, and transverse sensitivity of strain gages, as well as nonlinearity errors inherent in the Wheatstone bridge. StrainSmart software takes these into account automatically. All strain-gage bridges are scaled for the number of active bridge arms. Data from measurements with delta, rectangular, and tee rosettes can be reduced to principal strains and stresses, as well as the equivalent stresses for common failure mode criteria. Fully reduced and corrected measurement data can be monitored online, and recorded at predetermined limits or at user-defined intervals. |
