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I can how my pipe is moving by comparing the location of the neutral plane to the location of the original neutral plane using the following equation: (M(z)/EI)y1=e1(z) (M(z)/EI)y2=e2(z) for sensor 1 and sensor 2 keeping in mind my z direction is the length of the pipe. But how does...

More details: I have a steel casing about 1km long installed in bed rock vertically. I have three fiber optic wires attached to the pipe at 0, 120, and 240 degrees. The fiber gauges will only measure strain in one direction (the length of the pipe). due to the nature of the fiber, I can...

My strain gauges are located at 0, 120 and 240 degrees. The strain gauges are only measuring strain in one direction (the pipe axis). Is it possible to calculate vector forces in a direction other than the pipe axis? If so how? Background: I have a long steel pipe casing 1km long...

I have an infinitely long thick walled cylinder (steel casing). I have three strain gauges measuring strain along the length axis(z axis); the gauges are equally spaced. The gauges are on the outside of the cylinder. How can I calculate the strain in the xy plane (cylinder cross section)...