Research on electrical strain gages and experimental stress analysis: Case study for a full wheatstone bridge

This study investigated electrical strain gage technology, which is widely used in experimental stress measurement, on an application. Strain gages are used to precisely measure strain directly in a system. This method is carried out to verify the numerical and analytical calculations performed or to record the strain data generated during the active duty of a system and to investigate the fatigue damage. In particular, verifying numerical calculations in the strength-material recovery optimizations of mass-produced systems contributes to the development of the system. In this study, strain measurement using strain gage and strain measurement technology is presented on an application. Information was given about strain gages. A full bridge wheatstone bridge consisting of 4 linear gages was created on a prototype. The system was tested with a load cell validation. Structural finite element analysis of the prototype and analytical calculation of the fullbridge strain gage connection were performed. The results showed that the measurement with the strain gauge differed 1.20% and 1.40% from the analytical and numerical results, respectively. Thus, precision strain measurement technology was successfully presented in engineering systems.