New method of optical laser extensometer

1. the principal of a PSD(Position Sensitive Detector) 2. the optical system of the proposed method 3. signal processing 4. experimental result A mechanical engineer experiment on the tension test. In this experiment, they use the extensometer which can measure the extended distance of material. A normal extensometer is the contact type which means that the extensometer should attached to the specimen. It is not convenient to the user. The contacting type can also effect the characteristic of the specimen. So a extensometer is changed from contacting type to non-contacting type. Non-contacting type is not necessary to attach the extensometer to the specimen...