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3 Properties of Steel
3 Properties of Steel
3 Properties of Steel
Assignment-7 Solution
4. Which of the followings gauges can be detached from the test specimen and used
again
(a) semi-conductor gauges
(b) metal foil gauge
(c) bonded metal wire gauges
(d) Unbonded metal wire gauge
6. A strain gauge with nominal resistance of 120 Ω and gauge factor 2 undergoes a strain
of 10-5. What is the change in resistance in response to strain?
(a) 24 Ω
(b) 240 Ω
(c) 2.4 x 10-3 Ω
(d) 2.4 x 10-2 Ω
𝑑𝑅
𝑔𝑎𝑢𝑔𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝐹 = 𝑅
𝑑𝑙
𝑙
𝐹 × 𝑑𝑙 × 𝑅
𝑑𝑅 =
𝑙
𝑑𝑅 = 2 × 10−5 × 120 = 2.4 × 10−3 𝛺
10. A piezometer tube is not used for pressure measurements in a pipe line when
(a) the fluid is highly viscous
(b) the pressure difference is large
(c) the flow velocity is small
(d) the flowing fluid is gas