Reg. No.

MOHAMED SATHAK A.J. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, CHENNAI

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT TEST- I

Seventh Semester
B.E- Aeronautical Engineering
AE6702 EXPERIMENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS
Time: 1 hr 30 min
Year/Sec : IV Maximum Marks: 50 marks
PART-A (9*2=18)

1. Explain how stress is a tensor quantity?

2. Differentiate between i) stress and pressure ii) Surface and body forces.
3. What do you understand by principal stresses and principal planes?
4. What do you understand plane stress and plane strain?
5. What is meant by strain gauge?
6. What are the various characteristics of a strain gauge?
7. What are the factors to be considered while selecting a strain gauge?
8. What are the qualities to be considered while selecting gauge materials?
9. Differentiate between range and accuracy?

PART-B (2*16=32)
10. A) What are the various types of mechanical strain gauges? Explain Huggenberger extensometer in
detail? (16)
(OR)
B) Explain the construction and working of the following gauges: (16)
i) Acoustical strain gauge.
ii) Pneumatic strain gauge.
iii) Scratch gauge.
iv) Diffraction strain gauge.
11. A) What are the various types of optical strain gauges? Explain the Tuckerman gauge in detail.
(16)
(OR)
B) What are the different types of electrical strain gauges? Describe a capacitance strain gauge and
give its uses and its limitations. ` (16)