Strain Gauge Instrumentation

Strain gauge is an instrument that measures any kind of hazard a metal may pose. There are various kinds of such instruments available and within each category of such instrumentation there are many sub categories. If we take strain gauge, it has around 7 sub categories. These products are of great significance as today’s world is totally dependent on the hi-tech equipments.

What is a Strain Gauge Instrumentation?

Used by mechanical engineers, it is a resistance based sensor. Strain gauge instrumentation doesn’t have a unit of measurement but a particular unit of measurement is used for a reference purpose. In this, the changes showed are often very small. Therefore to provide a meaning to the readings the change is expressed as 10 to the power of six.

Strain Gauge plays a very vital role in agriculture, mining, road building, construction etc. Also, it plays a significant role in medicine, media and legal services.

The Work of Geotechnical Monitoring

Geotechnical Monitoring deals in examining the subsurface i.e. the behavior of earth metals. It is a branch of civil engineering and employs the ideology of rock and soil mechanics to explore the subsurface materials and conditions. The area of interest covered under Geotechnical Monitoring includes the menace posed by specific earthworks, site geo location, structure foundations etc.

The work of geotechnical monitoring includes the investigation of soil and bedrock to determine their properties. It is done to investigate any kind of risk to life, environment and property. The danger may include landslides, earthquakes, soil liquefaction, sinkholes, rock falls etc. This type of geotechnical engineering also determines the type of foundations, earthworks that is required for the site to be built on the basis of bedrock and soil characteristics.

When there is any type of constructions, the load is transferred to the earth. Therefore it is important that foundations are constructed for the buildings or any other sites like bridges, small structures, commercial buildings etc.