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    Can Strain Gauges Accurately Measure Force and Torque in a 2D Beam Experiment?

    Yes, yes - that's exactly what I was trying to say, but apparently I wasn't clear enough... =) - When I measure the strain I cannot determine how much of it was caused by the force F and how much by the torque T (in the picture), right? - So too many unknowns... I asked if this can even be...
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    Can Strain Gauges Accurately Measure Force and Torque in a 2D Beam Experiment?

    Yes, the beam will be relaxed at first and then the load will be brought upon it. So the stress in the beam should be as follows: Coordinate system: x right; z down Fx -> normal force in x -> normal stress σ in x Fz -> shear force in z & bending moment around y -> tensile stress τ in z...
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    Can Strain Gauges Accurately Measure Force and Torque in a 2D Beam Experiment?

    Hello! I have a problem/question and would appreciate your thoughts and experience. So I have a »tip loaded cantilevered beam« as shown in the picture. On it's end there are a force and a torque acting in an unknown direction in the 2D plane. I have to experimentally determine the force...
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    Aircraft mechanics literature

    Hello! I am a student of mechanical engineering, but I always loved aircrafts, and I want to get involved with aerospace engineering as soon as possible. Could you please suggest any good books about basics of flight mechanics on university level? I googled it a bit, but there are so...
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    Have You Captured the Inspiration Behind Newton's Work in Photos?

    Yes, sadly. Just for you I am attaching the original photo here. :smile:
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    Have You Captured the Inspiration Behind Newton's Work in Photos?

    Yes, I did. Maybe it seems like I didn't, because I made it black and white and unfocused in the corners, so that the apple tree takes all attention from the viewer. Yes, the slogan is a bit disturbing, but it has to be there to follow the rules of the organiser. That pop-up screen is just to...
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    Have You Captured the Inspiration Behind Newton's Work in Photos?

    Hey guys! When I was on a trip in Cambridge I took a picture of the famous apple tree, that is supposed (so the turist office claims:tongue:) to be the one, where Isaac Newton got the idea for his most importaint work. In the back there are two windows and one of them (I think it's the right...
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