Thermal Sensor and Load Sensor

Sun Jul 19 08:04:16 GMT 1998

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<P>since this works like a spring or torsion bar the relationaship is not
<BR>linear with displacement, more like a cube function

<P><FONT SIZE=+1>Clive</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<FONT SIZE=+1>No the&nbsp; torsional stiffness is&nbsp; linear within elastic
limmits&nbsp; the maths are really simple</FONT><FONT SIZE=+1>In metric
units because its&nbsp; simpler:</FONT><FONT SIZE=+1></FONT>

<P><FONT SIZE=+1>( With appoloiges in advanve to those not using HTML newsreaders&nbsp;
as I have used windows symbol font))</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=+2>T/J&nbsp;&nbsp; =&nbsp; G<FONT FACE="Symbol">q/</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman,Times">L&nbsp;
=&nbsp;<B> </B></FONT><FONT FACE="Symbol"><B>t</B>/</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman,Times">R</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=+1>Where</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=+1>T is torque, J is the second moment of area of the section,
G is he shear modulus of the material, L is the length of the shaft.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=+1>Andrew</FONT></HTML>