Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Units of Strain - Bridge Lab

Question:

"after doing the "Force on the Chord" calculation, I got a value of 1.17E11 pounds. I am thinking my 33.72 (in/in) strain measurement should be much lower."

Response:

The units of strain are MICRO-inches/inch.  That should help.

Jim Mitchell


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