The Western Regional Strain Gage Committee

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WRSGC TD Report

The WRSGC held a winter and summer Test and Measurement conferences in 2011 and winter Test and Measurements conference in 2012. 

The 2011 winter conference was held on February 21-23 in Austin, Texas at the Courtyard Marriott Downtown. The program included the welcome host from Brian Betts from National Instruments, sponsor’s seminar, eight papers, and a workshop covering hostile environments and general questions from the committee.  The attendees were provided a tour of the University of Texas, JJ Pickle Research Campus.

Winter 2011 Test and Measurement Conference Program

Host Welcome

Brian Betts, National Instruments

Structural Test Systems for Space Vehicles

Dave Baker, G Systems

Integration of Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring and Real Time Evaluation

Jody Cronenberger, Southwest Research Institute

Piezoelectric Strain Sensing in Process Control

Scott Shaffer, PCB Piezotronics

Philosophy and Practice of Design of SHM Systems

David Forsyth, Texas Research Institute Austin

Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing: Millimeter Resolution, No Gratings Required

Alex Sang, Luna Technologies

Technologies for Synchronizing Distributed Measurements

Jeremy Licup, National Instruments

Development of Wireless System for Fracture-Critical Bridges

Jeremiah Fasl, University of Texas at Austin

Advantage of Optical Strain Sensing for Long Distance Hang Slide Monitoring

Bernd Günther, HBM

Hostile Environments Workshop

Moderator:  Vince Wnuk, HPI

The 2011 summer conference was held on September 12-15 in Seattle, Washington at the Embassy Suites Hotel Seattle –Tacoma Airport. The program included the welcome host from Steve Onustack from Boeing, sponsor’s seminar, five papers, a standards update, and a workshop covering hostile environments and general questions from the committee.  The attendees were provided two tours of the Boeing Facilities, the first tour was of the DC plant at Boeing field which included the test and strain gage labs and the 787 flight line, and then a second tour of the 787 Major Fatigue test facility.

Summer 2011 Test and Measurement Conference Program

Host Welcome

Steve Onustack, Boeing Technology Development Manager

Wireless Instrumentation for Flight Test

Mark McNerney- Boeing

Load Cell Characteristics

LaVar Clegg Interface

Wireless Communication Systems

Steve Arms MicroStrain, Inc

Wind Tunnel Balance Safety of Flight Monitoring System

Henry Bennett Boeing ANP Labs

RJ45 Embedded Smart Chip

Greg Mosen Boeing I&DS

ASTM E-74 Rewrite Update

Mike Tovey – ASTM E-28 Chairman

Hostile Environments Workshop

Moderator:  Vince Wnuk, HPI

The 2012 winter conference was held on March 20-22 in San Diego, Ca at the Courtyard San Diego Downtown. The program included the welcome host from Chris Gibson –from VTI Instruments, sponsor’s seminar, three papers, a standards update, strain gage certification, and a workshop covering hostile environments and general questions from the committee.  The attendees were provided a tour of the University of San Diego Structural Test Lab in Lajolla.

Winter 2012 Test and Measurement Conference Program

Host Welcome

Chris Gibson – VTI Instruments

A study on the calibration of multi-piece transducers

Jason Christopherson - MTS

Rocket Engine Software Checkout

David Wilkes, ATK Thiokol

PMS - Pressure Gage For High Transient Measurements

Bernd Gunther, HBM

Update on IEEE 1451.4 TEDS Standard

David  Potter, National Instruments

Discussion of Strain Gage Certification for USA (BSSM)

Chris Gibson  VTI Instruments

Hostile Environments Workshop

Moderator:  Vince Wnuk, HPI

Jeff Stubbs

Chairman, WRSGC

May 6, 2012