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Section 1
A Historical Perspective |
| 1-1.Steelyard for Weight Comparison |
| 1-2.Vacuum Reference Gauge |
| 1-3.Atmospheric Reference Gauge |
| 1-4.Flexible Load-Cell Connections |
| 1-5.Typical Load Cell Installation |
| 1-6.Tank "Staying" Designs |
Section 2
The Strain Gage |
| 2-1.Definitions of Stress & Strain |
| 2-2.Shearing Strain |
| 2-3.Poisson Strain |
| 2-4.Strain Gage Designs |
| 2-5.Bonded Resistance Strain Gage Construction |
| 2-6.Wheatstone Bridge Circuit Schematic |
| 2-7.Chevron Bridge Circuit Schematic |
| 2-8.Four-Wire Ohm Circuit Schematic |
| 2-9.Constant Current Circuit Schematic |
| 2-10.Alternative Lead-Wire Configuration |
| 2-11.Gage-Factor Temperature Dependence |
| 2-12.Apparent Strain Variation with Temperature |
| 2-13.Strain Gage Installation Alternatives |
Section 3
Process Pressure Measurement |
| 3-1.Bourdon Tube Designs |
| 3-2.Pressure Sensor Diaphragm Designs |
| 3-3.Electronic Pressure Sensor Ranges |
| 3-4.Strain-Gage Based Pressure Cell |
| 3-5.Capacitance-Based Pressure Cell |
| 3-6.Potentiometric Pressure Transducer |
| 3-7.Resonant-Wire Pressure Transducer |
| 3-8.Typical Piezoelectric Pressure Sensor |
| 3-9.Acceleration-Compensated Piezoelectric Sensor |
| 3-10.Magnetic Pressure Transducer Designs |
| 3-11.Optical Pressure Transducer |
| 3-12.Bourdon Tube Overpressure Protection |
| 3-13.Three-Valve Manifold for Instrument Isolation |
| 3-14.Dead-Weight Tester Schematic |
| 3-15.Pulsation Damper & Snubber Designs |
| 3-16.Chemical Seal Alternatives |
| 3-17.Volumetric Seal Element Designs |
Section 4
High pressure & Vacumn |
| 4-1.Mechanical High Pressure Sensors |
| 4-2.Bulk Modulus Cell |
| 4-3.Barometer Operation |
| 4-4.Vacuum Gauge Measurement Ranges |
| 4-5.Manometer Designs |
| 4-6.Capacitance Vacuum Manometer |
| 4-7.Hot-Cathode Vacuum Gauge |
| 4-8.Cold-Cathode Vacuum Gauge |
Section 5
Pressure Gages & Switches |
| 5-1.Pressure Gauge Designs |
| 5-2.Pressure Gauge Accessories |
| 5-3.Pressure Switch Terminology |
Section 6
Force, Acceleration, & Torque |
| 6-1.Piezoelectric Sensor Element Designs |
| 6-2.Impact Flowmeter Application |
| 6-3.Early Mechanical Vibration Sensor |
| 6-4.Torque on a Rotating Shaft |
| 6-5.Inductive Coupling of Torque Sensors |
Section 7
Load Cell Designs |
| 7-1.Load Cell Performance Comparison |
| 7-2.Wheatstone Circuit with Compensation |
| 7-3.Load Cell Spring Elements |
Section 8
Weighing applicatins |
| 8-1.Tank Staying Arrangement |
| 8-2.Cantilever Load Cells Reduce Staying Requirements |
| 8-3.End-Loaded Shear-Beam Installation |
| 8-4.Master Load Cell for Weighbridge Calibration |
| 8-5.Treadle Scale Design |
| 8-6.Monorail Weighing Transducer |
| 8-7.Load Cell Configurations for Solids Batching |