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Experimental Stress Analysis
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Vishay Measurements Group

Issue 15 - January 1991

Contents

The Educational Marketplace - Editorial ... Page 1 - Injecting reality into the classroom through open-ended labs, real examples, case histories, cooperative study programs, and hands-on activities produces better engineers.

Inching Towards Metrication - Strain Measurement Technology ... Page 2 - The status of metrication in engineering, reluctance to change measurement systems, and misfit of units in engineering applications are discussed. (See also Issue 16 for results.)

Student Strain Gages - Educational Materials ... Page 4 - Review of the intended uses of Student Gages. How to qualify and order them.

Student Car Builders at Lawrence Tech - Student Exercise ... Page 6 - The design and fabrication of Formula SAE car by students at Lawrence Technical University. How to enter the SAE-sponsored competition.

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