strain gauge

English

Alternative forms

• strain gage

Noun

strain gauge (plural strain gauges)

1. A device that measures the strain in a structural element by measuring changes in electrical resistance of a sensor attached to the element under investigation.
   • 1964 November, “Automatic helper locomotive control on the Louisville & Nashville RR, USA”, in Modern Railways, page 354:

     A strain gauge in the couplers of this unit [...] measures continuously the drawbar tension exerted by the locomotives at the front end and the bogie wagons trailing to the rear of it.

Translations

device that measures the strain in a structural element

• Dutch: rekstrookje (nl) n

See also

• extensometer