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STRAIN MEASUREMENT IN REINFORCED CONCRETE SLABS
Author(s) -
MUSPRATT M. A.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
strain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.477
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1475-1305
pISSN - 0039-2103
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-1305.1969.tb01603.x
Subject(s) - tension (geology) , strain gauge , materials science , reinforced concrete , structural engineering , strain (injury) , compression (physics) , composite material , geotechnical engineering , engineering , medicine
Electrical strain gauges are used for measuring steel and concrete strains in reinforced concrete slabs subjected to short‐term tests to failure. Strain readings are taken on the compression and tension faces of the concrete and on the reinforcing steel.