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Experimental Stress Analysis
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Vishay Measurements Group

Issue 9 - September 1988

Contents

Making Measurements Simple - Editorial ... Page 1 - The need to use common sense in making measurements with strain gages.

New VideoTech™ Library - Educational Materials ... Page 2 - Introduction of a series of videotapes with step-by-step instructions for making strain gage installations.

The Strain Gage Measurement System - Strain Measurement Technology ... Page 2 - A Wheatstone Bridge Primer - Part 2.. Fundamentals of the bridge circuit with constant current power supply. Includes methods for calculating nonlinearity errors in unbalanced circuits and signal attenuation due to intrabridge leadwires. (See also Issue 7 and Issue 8. )

An Experiment Gone Wrong - A Detective Story - Case History ... Page 12 - Example of the importance of accurately determining the temperature at the gage site when correcting for thermal output.

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