Components of an Electronic Sensing System
 

Components of an Electronic Sensing System problem 16


In a strain gauge, the increase in resistance depends on the increase in length . The variation of with is shown in the graph below.




The strain gauge is connected into a circuit incorporating an ideal operational amplifier (op-amp), as shown in the figure below.




The strain gauge is initially unstrained with resistance . Use data from the graph above to calculate the increase in length of the strain gauge that gives rise to a potential of at point A in the figure above.


 

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