Application Reports on Experimental Stress Analysis
Load monitoring in the Olympiahalle arena in Munich
Concerts nowadays, particularly when they involve pop music, are becoming more and more extravagant. Accordingly, the equipment used by the artists for light and sound is large and heavy. As there is a limit to the maximum load...
Setting new records at sea: The fastest sailing boat in the world uses QuantumX
Alain Thébault of France has been pursuing his dream of building the fastest sailing boat in the world for decades. To make this dream a reality, Thébault has consistently relied on leading-edge technologies. When bordering on...
Measurement technology in railway engineering
Extensive testing is required for approval of railway vehicles. This includes complex test runs to measure, for example, the forces between wheel and rail, acceleration in the spring stages or relative displacements of moving...
Spanish university develops tests with HBM equipment for externally reinforced concrete beams
The structural research team at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain, has developed tests to determine the stresses in concrete beams that are used in construction.
The tests, that have taken the...
DB Minden is testing optical strain gages from HBM
Many tests and inspections are mandatory for approval of new railway vehicles. These include test runs with wheelsets enabling the forces between wheel and rail to be measured. At present, DB Systemtechnik in Minden, Germany, an...
