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Experimental Stress Analysis
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Vishay Measurements Group

Issue 22 - December 1993

Contents

In a Forest of Engineering Trees - Editorial ... Page 1 - Help students understand how academic subjects will be used in engineering practice.

Failure Prevention and Avoidance - Strain Measurement Technology ... Page 2 - The relationship between failure, stress analysis, and strength of materials. An overview of failure criteria, including Rankine, St. Venant, Tresca, Haigh, and von Mises. Application of the criteria in stress analysis, with particular attention to finite-element analysis, photoelastic, and strain gage methods. (See also Issue 23. )

Why Things Don't Fail - Case History ... Page 16 (An online version is also available.) - Application of stress analysis and the failure criteria to a bicycle under static loading conditions. (See also Issue 23. )

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