Title :
A thermal expansion measurement system using a high-temperature unguided half-bridge displacement transducer
Author :
Korkmaz, Hayriye ; Can, Burhanettin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Educ., Marmara Univ., Istanbul, Turkey
Abstract :
In this paper, a temperature and vacuum rate controllable furnace, which is suitable for thermal expansion measurement of metal samples having predefined standard dimensions, is designed and realized.
Keywords :
displacement measurement; extensometers; furnaces; thermal expansion measurement; transducers; PC-based data acquisition; linearly variable differential transformer signal conditioner; metal samples; temperature controllable furnace; thermal expansion measurement; unguided half-bridge displacement transducer; vacuum rate controllable furnace; vertical dilatometer; Data acquisition; Displacement measurement; Furnaces; Pressure measurement; Temperature control; Temperature distribution; Thermal conductivity; Thermal expansion; Thermal variables measurement; Transducers; Displacement transducer; PC-based data acquisition; linearly variable differential transformer (LVDT) signal conditioner; thermal expansion measurement; vertical dilatometer;
Journal_Title :
Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TIM.2005.853564