AS3520: Aero Lab (theory part)
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| 1. |
Application of strain guages. Sources of resistance change in a conductor. Guage factor. |
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video |
| 2. |
Effect of temperature, biaxial stresses on strain guage measurements. Corrections. |
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video |
| 3. |
Transverse sensitivity, and strain guage calibration. Rossettes. Potentiometric circuits. The difficulty of measuring small resistance changes. |
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video |
| 4. |
The Wheatstone bridge. Full, half, and quarter bridges. |
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video |
| 5. |
Mathematical analysis of various bridge circuits. |
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video |
| 6. |
Light, polarised light, and complex amplitude representation. |
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video |
| 7. |
Plane, circularly, and elliptically polarised light. Birefringence of crystals. |
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video |
| 8. |
Optical anisotropy: the reason for birefringence. Mathematical representation of birefringence. Quarter wave, half wave, and full wave plates |
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video |
| 9. |
Optical systems. Artificial birefringence in stressed plates. Stress-optic coupling. Phase lag due to birefingence. |
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video |
| 10. |
Polariscopes and their operation. Interpretation of fringe patterns under monochromatic and white incident light. |
notes |
video |