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Experimental Stress Analysis
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Vishay Measurements Group

Issue 23 - April 1994

Contents

Of Science and Men - Editorial ... Page 1 - Man uses what has been learned of nature to change it. Engineers must use their knowledge wisely.

ROSETTE-Plus for Windows - Educational Material ... Page 2 - New version of software program for rosette data reduction now includes provisions for producing Mohr circles and evaluating the failure criteria for the calculated state of stress. (See also Issue 3 and Issue 12. )

Mohr Failure Criterion - Strain Measurement Technology ... Page 3 - Review of the Mohr-Caquot criterion for materials with different magnitudes of yield strength in tension and compression. (See also Issue 22. )

Bike Like Mike - Case History ... Page 5 (An online version is also available.) - Use of signal conditioning amplifiers and analog-to-digital converter to measure strain data when loads are dynamically applied to a bicycle. (See also Issue 22. )

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