Faculty Sponsor(s)
Tianbao Xie
Location
Jereld R. Nicholson Library
Subject Area
Physics
Description
Strain is an important quantity in engineering and materials science that relates the deformation of a material to its original length as a percent. Different materials exhibit particular qualities under loading, for example the amount of strain due to a certain magnitude of force, or the amount of strain that can be borne before failure. This experiment aims to compare the relative strengths of three common truss configurations by measuring the strain in their members under loading.
Recommended Citation
Metzsch, Spencer, "Measuring Strain in Trusses" (2015). Linfield University Student Symposium: A Celebration of Scholarship and Creative Achievement. Event. Submission 24.
https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/symposium/2015/all/24
Measuring Strain in Trusses
Jereld R. Nicholson Library
Strain is an important quantity in engineering and materials science that relates the deformation of a material to its original length as a percent. Different materials exhibit particular qualities under loading, for example the amount of strain due to a certain magnitude of force, or the amount of strain that can be borne before failure. This experiment aims to compare the relative strengths of three common truss configurations by measuring the strain in their members under loading.
