Strain Gage Selection: Criteria, Procedures, Recommendations
WESTERN REGIONAL STRAIN GAGE COMMITTEE
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38 EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES March/April 2003 N TECHNIQUES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FEATURE Status of Experimental Mechanics Series: Part 1 by Peter Stein WESTERN REGIONAL STRAIN GAGE COMMITTEE T he Western Regional Strain Gage Committee (WRSGC) has 50 members, which are companies and government agencies mostly in the Western U.S. These include the major aircraft companies, national laboratories, propulsion engine manufacturers, gov- ernment facilities and aerospace research and development firms. A small number of Eastern or Mid-West branches of West Coast organizations have been elected members. Each Member Organization appoints the top strain gage and measurement engineering expert as delegate to the Com- mittee, which is founded on the proposition of free exchange of information on all aspects of strain gages, transducers, instrumentation and measurement systems. The only requirement Member Organizations must fulfill is to send a delegate to the two semi-annual meetings and to permit free exchange of information in the fields of experi- mental mechanics. Presentations of formal papers are held to a minimum and discussion of these and workshops for problem presentation and solving are maximized. All discussions are tape re- corded, transcribed, and published in the proceedings along with the formal presentations. Every attending delegate re- ceives these proceedings. Those who miss a meeting may purchase them. The group was founded in the Spring of 1956. It was finan- cially sponsored by BLH Electronics until 1970. Since then the Committee has been financially supported by registra- tion fees and by ten sponsors who help defray the costs of the proceedings. Autonomous until 1971, WRSGC is now a technical division of the Society for Experimental Mechanics and all WRSGC delegates who attend meetings are SEM members. Board meetings are held on Mondays, followed by a meeting of the High Temperature Strain Gage Subcommittee and a board dinner. Meetings are held Tuesdays and on Wednes- day morning, followed by a tour of the facilities of a local, sponsoring member on Wednesday afternoon. Local hosts of the tours usually present a preview and welcome, and the Editor’s Note: The Status of Experimental Mechanics, 2nd Edition, is published by SEM to communicate the activities of the SEM Technical Divisions (TDs) so the membership can understand what the TDs represent, their history, how their re- search addresses everyday issues, and future directions. We will feature reports from this monograph in ET on a regular basis, including recent updates. If you are interested in receiving the published monograph of The Status of Experimental Mechanics, please contact SEM Director, Tom Proulx, [email protected]. P. Stein (SEM Fellow) is President of Stein Engineering Services, Inc., Laboratory for Measurement Systems Engineering, Phoenix, AZ. sponsors are each allotted 10 minutes to present their latest developments—known as the sponsors seminar. All pro- grams include a business meeting. The Executive Board is elected by the group. The candidate with the most votes becomes Vice-Chairman / Secretary who then progresses to Chairman the following year and Past Chairman/Treasurer the year after, lending continuity to the group. The candidate with the next-highest number of votes becomes Program Coordinator. Three other board members complete the governing body of WRSGC. Anyone who is shown as Past Chairman, has served 3 years. Meet- ings are held in February and August, although some flexi- bility exists. Today WRSGC is the premier standards-setting group in the strain gage field, representing, as it does, over 80,000 chan- nels of signal conditioning. Its standards and definitions have been formally adopted not only in the U.S. by SEM and ISA, but also by OIML, the International Office of Legal Me- trology. Registration fee for meetings is $150.00 USD. A limited number of copies of past proceedings and an index (on floppy) are available. Upcoming Conference Dates March 17–19, 2003 Hotel Grand Vista Hotel 999 Enchanted Way, Simi Valley, California 93065 Phone: (800) 455-7464 E-mail: www.grandvistasimi.com Room rate: $82, single king or 2 double beds Tour: Rocketdyne Propulsion and Power (Canoga Park Fa- cility) Production Operations, Engineering Development Lab & En- gine Museum Arrangements Chairman Brian Donnelly Ph: (818) 586-7058 Fax: (818) 586-0829 E-mail: [email protected] WRSGC Home Base: Jerry V. (Gerard) Bohr Technical Fellow Boeing Co . –ELS 5301 Bolsa Ave. MC H030-E932 Huntington Beach, CA 92647-2099 Phone: 714-896-2283 or 4412 e-mail: [email protected]
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FEATURE Status of Experimental Mechanics Series: Part 1by Peter Stein
WESTERN REGIONAL STRAIN GAGE COMMITTEE
The Western Regional Strain Gage Committee(WRSGC) has 50 members, which are companiesand government agencies mostly in the WesternU.S. These include the major aircraft companies,
national laboratories, propulsion engine manufacturers, gov-ernment facilities and aerospace research and developmentfirms. A small number of Eastern or Mid-West branches ofWest Coast organizations have been elected members.
Each Member Organization appoints the top strain gage andmeasurement engineering expert as delegate to the Com-mittee, which is founded on the proposition of free exchangeof information on all aspects of strain gages, transducers,instrumentation and measurement systems.
The only requirement Member Organizations must fulfill isto send a delegate to the two semi-annual meetings and topermit free exchange of information in the fields of experi-mental mechanics.
Presentations of formal papers are held to a minimum anddiscussion of these and workshops for problem presentationand solving are maximized. All discussions are tape re-corded, transcribed, and published in the proceedings alongwith the formal presentations. Every attending delegate re-ceives these proceedings. Those who miss a meeting maypurchase them.
The group was founded in the Spring of 1956. It was finan-cially sponsored by BLH Electronics until 1970. Since thenthe Committee has been financially supported by registra-tion fees and by ten sponsors who help defray the costs ofthe proceedings. Autonomous until 1971, WRSGC is now atechnical division of the Society for Experimental Mechanicsand all WRSGC delegates who attend meetings are SEMmembers.
Board meetings are held on Mondays, followed by a meetingof the High Temperature Strain Gage Subcommittee and aboard dinner. Meetings are held Tuesdays and on Wednes-day morning, followed by a tour of the facilities of a local,sponsoring member on Wednesday afternoon. Local hosts ofthe tours usually present a preview and welcome, and the
Editor’s Note: The Status of Experimental Mechanics, 2nd Edition, is publishedby SEM to communicate the activities of the SEM Technical Divisions (TDs) so themembership can understand what the TDs represent, their history, how their re-search addresses everyday issues, and future directions. We will feature reportsfrom this monograph in ET on a regular basis, including recent updates. If youare interested in receiving the published monograph of The Status of ExperimentalMechanics, please contact SEM Director, Tom Proulx, [email protected].
P. Stein (SEM Fellow) is President of Stein Engineering Services, Inc., Laboratoryfor Measurement Systems Engineering, Phoenix, AZ.
sponsors are each allotted 10 minutes to present their latestdevelopments—known as the sponsors seminar. All pro-grams include a business meeting.
The Executive Board is elected by the group. The candidatewith the most votes becomes Vice-Chairman/Secretary whothen progresses to Chairman the following year and PastChairman/Treasurer the year after, lending continuity tothe group. The candidate with the next-highest number ofvotes becomes Program Coordinator. Three other boardmembers complete the governing body of WRSGC. Anyonewho is shown as Past Chairman, has served 3 years. Meet-ings are held in February and August, although some flexi-bility exists.
Today WRSGC is the premier standards-setting group in thestrain gage field, representing, as it does, over 80,000 chan-nels of signal conditioning. Its standards and definitionshave been formally adopted not only in the U.S. by SEM andISA, but also by OIML, the International Office of Legal Me-trology.
Registration fee for meetings is $150.00 USD. A limitednumber of copies of past proceedings and an index (on floppy)are available.
Upcoming Conference DatesMarch 17–19, 2003Hotel Grand Vista Hotel999 Enchanted Way, Simi Valley, California 93065Phone: (800) 455-7464E-mail: www.grandvistasimi.comRoom rate: $82, single king or 2 double bedsTour: Rocketdyne Propulsion and Power (Canoga Park Fa-cility)Production Operations, Engineering Development Lab & En-gine Museum
Arrangements ChairmanBrian DonnellyPh: (818) 586-7058Fax: (818) 586-0829E-mail: [email protected]
WRSGC Home Base:Jerry V. (Gerard) BohrTechnical FellowBoeing Co . –ELS5301 Bolsa Ave. MC H030-E932Huntington Beach, CA 92647-2099
Phone: 714-896-2283 or 4412e-mail: [email protected]
