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Strain Gage Measurements on Plastics and Composites

References

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  2. McCalvey, L.F., "Strain Measurements on Low Modulus Materials", presented at British Society for Strain Measurement Conference, University of Surrey, U.K., Sept. 1982.

     
  3. White, R.N., "Model Study of the Failure of a Steel Bin Structure", presented at the ASCE/SESA Exchange Session on Physical Modeling of Shell and Space Structures, ASCE Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA, Oct. 1982.

     
  4. Tsai, S.W. and H.T. Hahn, Introduction to Composite Materials , Technomic Publ. Co., Westport, CT, 1980.

     
  5. Lempriere, B.M., "Poisson's Ratio in Orthotropic Materials", AIAA Journal, Vol. 6, No. 11, Nov. 1968, pp 2226-2227.

     
  6. Lakes, R., "Foam Structures with a Negative Poisson's Ratio", Science , Vol. 235, Feb. 27, 1987, pp 1038-1040.

     
  7. Watson, R.B. and C.C. Perry, "Factors Influencing the Measurement of Shear Properties when Using V-notched Specimens with Strain Gages", presented at the European Conference on Composites Testing and Standardization, Hamburg, Germany, Sept. 1994, pp 315-325 (available from Vishay Measurements Group, Inc. on request).

     
  8. Vishay Measurements Group, Inc., Raleigh. NC, Tech Note TN-502, " Optimizing Strain Gage Excitation Levels ".

     
  9. Vishay Measurements Group, Inc., Raleigh, NC, Tech Note TN-513, " Measurement of Thermal Expansion Coefficient ".

     
  10. Millen, R.E. and R.J. DeWitt, "Measuring the Coefficient of Thermal Expansion of Composites Using the Strain Gage Method", Proceedings, 1987 SEM Spring Conference on Experimental Mechanics, pp 158-163.

     
  11. "Conditioning Plastics and Electrical Insulating Materials for Testing", Standard Method D618, American Society for Testing and Materials.

     
  12. Vishay Measurements Group, Inc.. Raleigh, NC, Instruction Bulletin B-129, " Surface Preparation for Strain Gage Bonding ".

     
  13. Harper, C.A. (Ed.), Handbook of Plastics and Elastomers , McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1975 (Chap. 10).

     
  14. Hall, J.R. et al., "Effect of Activated Plasma Treatment Time on Adhesive Bondability of Polymers", Journal of Applied Polymer Science , Vol. 16, 1972, pp 1465-1477.

     
  15. Tuttle, M.E. and H.F. Brinson, "Resistance-Foil Strain-Gage Technology as Applied to Composites", Experimental Mechanics , Vol. 24, No. 1, March 1984, pp 54-65.

     
  16. Perry, C.C., "Strain Gage Reinforcement Effects on Low-Modulus Materials", Experimental Techniques , Vol. 9, No. 5, May 1985, pp 25-27.

     
  17. Pomeroy, C.D. (Ed.), Creep of Engineering Materials , Mechanical Engineering Publs. Ltd., London, 1978.

     
  18. Findley, W.N. and R.M. Read, "Concerning Strain Gage Measurement of Creep of Plastics", SESA Proceedings , Vol. 20, No. 1. 1963, pp 29-32.

     
  19. Bert, C.W., "Normal and Shear Stress Gages and Rosettes for Orthotropic Composites", Experimental Mechanics , Vol. 25, No. 3, Sept. 1985, pp 288-293.

     
  20. Chamis, C.C. and J.H. Sinclair, "Ten-deg Off-axis Test for Shear Properties of Fiber Composites", Experimental Mechanics , Vol. 17, No. 9, Sept. 1977, pp 339-346.

     
  21. Perry, C.C., "The Resistance Strain Gage Revisited", Experimental Mechanics , Vol. 24, No. 4, Dec. 1984, pp 286-299.

     
  22. SEM Applications Committee, "SEM Strain-Gage Round-Robin", Experimental Techniques , Vol. 10, No. 9, Sept. 1986, pp 27-31.
     


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