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    Measuring small deformation caused by temperature?

    I need to put the device in a climate chamber so I don't have much space for additional equipment like laser distance meters and also - I have no certainty how the measuring devices will be affected by temperature. So I would think that actually attaching a tensometer to the surface of the...
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    Measuring small deformation caused by temperature?

    Hi, I am looking for a type of tensometer (or something like that) to measure strain/deformation in a plastic housing caused by thermal expansion. According to a super straight-forward hand calculation the deflection at a given point will be 1.3mm. The temperature change is from 23 to 80...

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