What’s so special about carbon fiber? #engineering #diy #innovation

New materials, new measurement challenges?

There is a conception within engineering that strain gauges are some kind of art practiced by magicians in dark laboratories using alchemy. This seems especially true as soon as plastics and composites are mentioned.
Considering how long they’ve both been around there still seems to be a misconception when it comes to bonding. In reality strain gauges are easy to bond to virtually every type of composite; in this case, “virtually” means all that we’ve tried so far! It just requires selection of the correct materials and techniques.