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Fig. 1--Present method for determining Poisson's ratio Fig. 2--Proposed method for d e t e r m i n i n g Poisson's ratio
Experiment
The tension specimens, described in Fig. 6 of the
A S T M specification on tensile testing, 6 were stan-
dard rectangular 88 gage length. Each specimen
was fitted with a pair of Budd Company* C12-121-
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R3V rectangular rosettes as shown in Fig. 3.
Strain data were read for six channels of rosette o C12-121-R3V
data on each of three specimens loaded to 2,000-1b 18,0" j G.F. 2.03
load at 250-1b increments. The load was monitored R 120.0 .g
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with a Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Model U-361 load ~ '. / (TWO PLACES)
cell, a B L H T y p e 225 switch and balance unit, and
a B L H Model N strain indicator. A straight-line
~least-squares" best fit was applied to each rosette
leg. The average correlation coefficient was 0.99994
and did not fall below 0.99982. Typical values of the
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strain slope for each leg were ~a" = 0.62986, '~b" = DETAIL I
0.24346, and "c" = -0.19519. These data were then
used to calculate the gage-alignment error angle, the J INASTME8-65T
principal strains, and Poisson's ratio. Average value
of ~ for 6 gages was 0.312.