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A strain gage rosette is, by definition, an arrangement of two or more closely positioned gage grids,

separately oriented to measure the normal strains along different directions in the underlying surface
of the test part. Rosettes are designed to perform a very practical and important function in
experimental stress analysis. It can be shown that for the not-uncommon case of the general biaxial
stress state, with the principal directions unknown, three independent strain measurements (in
different directions) are required to determine the principal strains and stresses. And even when the
principal directions are known in advance, two independent strain measurements are needed to obtain
the principal strains and stresses.

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