Features: StrainSmart

Features

StrainSmart ^® Software

Complete Windows-based software designed for the experimental stress analyst.
Easy-to-use StrainSmart Wizards for fast test setup and for data acquisition, reduction, and presentation.
Sensor-specific assignment of inputs (strain gages, thermocouples, etc.), as well as user-defined assignments for mathematical manipulation of measurement data.
One-touch autobalance.
Shunt calibration of strain-gage inputs.
Reduced data available offline as Paradox data tables, ASCII text, HTML or Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access) document, or online by OLE Automation connection to spreadsheets, word processors, LabView, and other third-party applications.
Online interactive Help system .
Test setup and commonly used parameters available for saving and reuse for subsequent testing.

Acquisition/Reduction/Presentation
Data reduction for delta, rectangular, and tee rosettes , including the conversion of principal strains to stresses.
Calculation of equivalent stresses for common failure mode criteria.
Online monitoring of key channels and/or rosettes in fully reduced and corrected numeric and graphic formats.
Offline presentation of all reduced data in numeric and graphical formats.
FFT analysis (System 6000) .
Thermal output compensation .
Correction for temperature coefficient of gage factor.
Wheatstone bridge nonlinearity correction .
Transverse sensitivity correction.
Thermocouple linearization.
Scaling for number of active bridge arms.
Data storage for later analysis and processing.
Record on limits or user-defined time intervals.
Automatic audit trail.