摘要:
A gage for measuring accumulated fatigue damage, or accumulated strain experience, and remaining fatigue life in a structure subjected to repeated loadings in relation to predictions or calibration tests. The disclosed embodiment has a thin, nominally rectangular metal base of uniform thickness which has a very narrow crack-like slit cut in one side and a teflon parting strip attached to the base underlying the slit. When the gage is attached to a structure with a suitable adhesive and the structure is subjected to repeated loading, a fatigue crack immediately begins at the inner end of the slit and increases in length as an approximately linear function of the accumulative fatigue damage strains incurred by the structure. The crack in the gage occurs in advance of and independently of any crack in the structure itself.
摘要:
A gage for measuring the circumferential expansion of a tube subjected to internal pressure comprises a chain of roller links between first and second rectangular blocks respectively mounted in slidable engagement with spaced parallel rods projecting from the opposite ends of a fixed reference block. When the gage is wrapped around the circumference of the tube and the first block advanced relative to the second, the initial slack in the chain is taken up. Further movement of the first block toward the reference block will impart simultaneous movement to the second block thereby compressing a pair of springs in abutment therewith in order to insure that the subsequent gaging separation between the first and second blocks will start with the same degree of tautness in the chain regardless of the circumference of the tube. A measuring device is adjustably fixed to the second block and includes a spring-biased slidable plunger protruding therefrom into contact with the end of a micrometer spindle fixed to the reference block. The gage can be easily and accurately calibrated simply by actuating the first block through the same distance as the anticipated circumferential expansion of the tube and periodically comparing the increase in the gap between the second block and the reference block with the readings provided by the measuring device.
摘要:
In stress analysis work a grid system may be affixed to a sheet of metal or other object that undergoes distortion or deformation due to a force being applied thereto. The present grid system of circles and squares (or rectangles) enables easy measurement of maximum and minimum strains and their respective directions and reduces computation time in stress analysis work.
摘要:
A reinforced-concrete structure is provided with a bore extending into the concrete mass from one face and an annular member, whose deflection in terms of applied stress is known, set in the wall of the bore, the member having a linear dimension measurable from within the bore which is indicative of the deflection.