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The document outlines a tutorial with four problems related to displacement transducers, strain gauges, resistive potential dividers, and capacitive transducers. It includes calculations for displacement readings, changes in length and force applied to a beam, voltage outputs from a potential divider, and the sensitivity of a capacitive transducer. Each problem provides specific parameters and asks for calculations based on given data.

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Tutorial 1-1

The document outlines a tutorial with four problems related to displacement transducers, strain gauges, resistive potential dividers, and capacitive transducers. It includes calculations for displacement readings, changes in length and force applied to a beam, voltage outputs from a potential divider, and the sensitivity of a capacitive transducer. Each problem provides specific parameters and asks for calculations based on given data.

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Tutorial 1

1. A resistive displacement transducer with a shaft stroke of 25 mm is applied to the circuit


shown in figure below. The applied voltage is 10 V. What is the displacement indicated for
each of the readings 3.0 V, 5.0 V, 8.0 V? Assume that the resistance of output device R m
is infinite.

Resistance Potentiometer

2. A strain gauge is bonded to a beam 0.1 m long and has a cross-sectional area 4 cm2.
Young’s modulus for steel is 207 GN/m2. The strain gauge has an unstrained resistance of
240 Ω and a gauge factor of 2.2. When a load is applied, the resistance of gauge changes
by 0.013 Ω. Calculate the change in length of the steel beam and the amount of force
applied to the beam.

3. A resistive potential divider R1R2 with a resistance of 5000 Ω and a shaft stroke of 125 mm
is used in the arrangement shown in Figure below. Potentiometer R3R4 has a resistance of
5000 Ω and the initial position to be used as reference point is such that R1 = R2 i.e. the
wiper is at midstroke. At the start of the test potentiometer R3R4 is adjusted so that the
bridge is balanced and eo = 0. Assuming that the displacement being measured will move
a maximum distance of 12.5 mm towards A, calculate eo
A

R1 R3
Wiper

ei = 5 V eo
C D
R2 R4

4. A capacitive transducer is made using five plates as shown in the figure. The dimensions
of each plate are 25x25 mm and the distance between the plates is 0.25 mm. This
arrangement is to be used for measurement of displacement observing the change in
capacitance with distance x. Calculate the sensitivity of the device. Assume that the plates
are separated by air with the permittivity of 8.85x10-12 F/m
Capacitance transducer for linear displacement measurement

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