strain gauge
English
Alternative forms
- strain gage
Noun
strain gauge (plural strain gauges)
- A device that measures the strain in a structural element by measuring changes in electrical resistance of a sensor attached to the element under investigation.
- 1964 November, “Automatic helper locomotive control on the Louisville & Nashville RR, USA”, in Modern Railways, page 354:
- A strain gauge in the couplers of this unit [...] measures continuously the drawbar tension exerted by the locomotives at the front end and the bogie wagons trailing to the rear of it.
Translations
device that measures the strain in a structural element
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