Article | REF: R1821 V1

Force and torque measurements

Author: GAMAC

Publication date: December 10, 2008

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ABSTRACT

Mechanical actions are generally summed up by a result and a point in time. This article deals with the actions characterized by their time vector, measurable by a torque meter. The technology and usage of the torque meter varies according to the configuration of systems. The article concludes with the implementation of static and dynamic measurements.

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  • GAMAC: Group for the advancement of stress analysis methods

 INTRODUCTION

As we saw in Part 1 of this dossier , that mechanical actions are, in a general case, summarized by a resultant and a moment. Having dealt with the special case of the measurement of actions which are summarized by a resultant at a point in physical space, we will now deal with the other special case of actions which are characterized by their moment vector.

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