Elements of Experimental Stress Analysis
eBook - PDF

Elements of Experimental Stress Analysis

Structures and Solid Body Mechanics Division

  1. 202 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Elements of Experimental Stress Analysis

Structures and Solid Body Mechanics Division

About this book

Elements of Experimental Stress Analysis describes the principles of the techniques and equipment used in stress analysis and suggests appropriate applications of these in laboratory and field investigations. Examples from the field of civil engineering are used to illustrate the various methods of analysis. This book is comprised of 12 chapters and begins with a discussion on the use of models, scale factors, and materials in experimental stress analysis. The next chapter focuses on the application of load to the element under test, with emphasis on the means of creating the required forces; the means of applying these forces to the test piece; and the means of measuring the forces. The reader is then introduced to the principles of various types of strain gauges, as well as the methods of calculating stresses from strains in the case of elastic materials. Subsequent chapters explore two-dimensional photoelasticity; the frozen stress method and surface coating techniques; structural model analysis; special instruments for dynamic stress analysis; analogue methods for dealing with stress problems; and how to select a method of stress analysis. This monograph will be of use to all undergraduate and postgraduate students who require a basic knowledge of experimental stress analysis, and also to practicing engineers who may be concerned with experimental investigations in one way or another.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Elements of Experimental Stress Analysis
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface
  6. CHAPTER I. MODELS, SCALE FACTORS AND MATERIALS
  7. CHAPTER II. LOAD APPLICATION AND MEASUREMENT
  8. CHAPTER Ill. MECHANICAL, OPTICAL AND OTHER GAUGES
  9. CHAPTER IV. THE ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE STRAIN GAUGE
  10. CHAPTER V. OTHER ELECTRICAL STRAIN AND DEFLECTION GAUGES
  11. CHAPTER VI. THE CALCULATION OF STRESSES FROM STRAINS
  12. CHAPTER VII. TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTO-ELASTICITY
  13. CHAPTER VIII. THE FROZEN STRESS METHOD AND SURFACE COATING TECHNIQUES
  14. CHAPTER IX. STRUCTURAL MODEL ANALYSIS
  15. CHAPTER X. SPECIAL INSTRUMENTS FOR DYNAMIC STRESS ANALYSIS
  16. CHAPTER XI. ANALOGUE METHODS FOR STRESS PROBLEMS
  17. CHAPTER XII. SELECTION OF METHOD OF ANALYSIS
  18. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  19. INDEX