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Experimental Stress Analysis
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Vishay Measurements Group

Issue 11 - October 1989

Contents

Digital Data ... Analog World - Editorial ... Page 1 - The limitations of acquiring digital data to represent analog events commonly encountered in engineering applications.

The Strain Gage Measurement System - Strain Measurement Technology ... Page 2 - The Analog-to-Digital Conversion (ADC) Process. Overview of how analog signals are converted to digital data, including analog inputs, analog instrumentation, fundamental ADC concepts, range versus speed, dynamic measurements by successive approximation methods, static measurements with integrating converters, simultaneous sampling schemes, the complete ADC system.

An Exercise in Nonlinearity - Student Exercise ... Page 11 (An online version is also available.) - Curved beam produces nonlinear strain distribution. Strain gage, photoelastic, and finite element analysis techniques for quantifying the distribution. Mechanics of the exercise included.

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