resistance strain gauge

instrument

Also known as: resistive strain gauge

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In strain gauge
The resistance strain gauge is a valuable tool in the field of experimental stress analysis. It operates on the principle, discovered by the British physicist William Thompson (later Lord Kelvin) in 1856, that the electrical resistance of a copper or iron wire changes when the wire…
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In electricity: Basic phenomena and principles
The resistive strain gauge is an important application of equation (20). Strain, δl/l, is the fractional change in the length of a body under stress, where δl is the change of length and l is the length. The strain gauge consists of a thin wire or…
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