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[Jan Stránský <question211358@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Question #211358 on Yade changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/211358

    Status: Open => Answered

Jan Stránský proposed the following answer:
Hi Christian,

thanks for the info, it's becoming clearer and clearer :-) What are the
dimensions of steel cylinder? and where exactly do you measure the strain?
Thanks
Jan


2012/10/23 Christian Sommerfeld <question211358@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Question #211358 on Yade changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/211358
>
>     Status: Answered => Open
>
> Christian Sommerfeld is still having a problem:
> Hi,
>
> @Jan: I have a picture of a load cell, which is involved in a measurement
> chain to measure forces. But i don't know how to upload this picture!
> The load cell is a cylindrical body of stell with stain gauges inside. So
> it is possible to measure the forces in the 3 directions an d the rotating
> moment.  But currently i'm only interested in the forces. So if there is a
> force acting on the cylindrical body it will lead to a deformation of one
> or more than one strain gauge. This will lead to a change of the electrical
> potential of the strain gauge. For this simple experiment there is only an
> effect in z-direction.
>
> This simple experiment is only a try to validate the forces between the
> simulation and the real experiment.  My basic approach is to simulate a
> package of spheres in a cylinder and there is a rotating cylindrical
> tool inside the the cylinder which is acting on the spheres. Therefore i
> want to measure the force which is acting on the tool.
>
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