Chemical Engineering - Process Control and Instrumentation - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Process Control and Instrumentation - Section 2 (Q.No. 20)
20.
Strain gage uses an electrical conductor wire, which when elastically stretched increases in length and reduces in diameter. Both these dimensional changes result in __________ in the electrical resistance of the wire.
no change
decrease
increase
exponential decrease
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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Discussion:
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Lokesh Bonagiri said:   5 years ago
Resistance is directly proportional to length/area.
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Abhijeet v deshmukh said:   1 decade ago
In case of strain gauge if length of conductor increases then its resistance increases & diameter decreases.

The strain gauge works on principle R=resistivity*length/area.

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