A technique of direct tension measurement of a strung fine wire

Authors
Lang, K Ting, J Vassilakopoulos, V
Citation
K. Lang et al., A technique of direct tension measurement of a strung fine wire, NUCL INST A, 420(3), 1999, pp. 392-401
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy /Instrumentation/Analytical Sciences","Instrumentation & Measurement
Journal title
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
ISSN journal
01689002 → ACNP
Volume
420
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
392 - 401
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(19990111)420:3<392:ATODTM>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
We present a new technique of direct measurement of wire tensions in wire c hambers. A specially designed circuit plucks the wire using the Lorentz for ce and measures the frequency of damped transverse oscillations of the wire . The technique avoids the usual time-consuming necessity of tuning circuit parameter to a resonance, it allows a fast and convenient determination of tensions and is straightforward to implement. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B. V. All rights reserved.