Bending Strain in Cantilever Beam - Guidelines

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- Title page
- Table of contents
- Abstract
- List of Figures Page (only if more than one figure is used in report)
- List of Tables Page (only if more than one table is used in report)
- Introduction
- aterials ! ethods
- "esults
- #iscussion
- Appendi$ (%ample &alculations)
Abstract
- 'b(ecti)e (find *+ , for beam material)
- -ridge configurations used
- .hat sources of strain (Thermal+ Tension+ -ending) was each bridge configuration
sensiti)e to/ (%ee -%F deri)ation on webpage)
- .hat was Poisson0s ratio1 .hat was , with each bridge configuration1
Introduction
- #efine strain and its signs and magnitudes/
- #escribe strain gage and its wor2ing principle
- Applications
- 3In this e$periment4
Materials & Methods
- .hat was used for the e$periment1
anufacturer ! odel 5 for strain indicator (6ishay P-7899 %train Indicator)
-riefly describe what the strain indicator does
:ages - ;nia$ial+ thin foil+ gage factor+ resistance
-eam dimensions+ and masses
- -riefly describe the .heatstone bridge and why it is needed
< bridge configurations used and their circuit diagrams (see website)
#escribe )arious bridge configurations with locations (top=bottom) and orientations
(a$ial=trans)erse) of the gages within each configuration/
%tate bridge sensiti)ity factor for each of them and what strain each bridge is
sensiti)e to/ (%ee -%F #eri)ation on .ebpage)
- Procedure
-ridges connected
:age factor set > define gage factor
-ridge balanced by setting output )oltage to ?ero
.eights placed
%trains noted
Poisson0s ratio calculated from two @uarter bridge configurations
, calculated from stress-strain plot for all four configurations
Results
- DO!" IAT,"P",T ",%;LT% B,",CCC
- Indicated strain and actual strain for each configuration with corresponding bending stress
in a tabulated form
- Plot indicated trans)erse strain )s/ indicated a$ial strain/ Find Poisson0s ratio as ratio of
slopes (ma2e sure it is a positi)e )alue)
- Plot bending stress )ersus actual strain for all < configurations/ Find elastic modulus for
each configuration/ #isplay all trendline e@uations/
- Tabulate the elastic modulus of all configurations
Discussion
- 6alues of ,
- 6alue of Poisson0s ratio
- &omparison of , and Poisson0s ratio with published )alues for plain carbon steel (, D
E98:Pa+ Poisson0s D 9/EF) with G error
- .hat might ha)e affected the results1 (e/g/+ strain gauges are old+ temperature )ariations+
)ibrations+ etc/)
- Any other rele)ant discussion
A##endi$
Sam#le Calculations
- -ending stress for one of the weights