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reinforcing material (composite) as the thickness of composite increases<br />

In this experiment, the technique of installing the strain gauge is of paramount<br />

import<strong>an</strong>ce. There are three signific<strong>an</strong>t locations of strain gauges, as shown in Figure<br />

4.21. This shows that the orientation of each element of the rect<strong>an</strong>gular strain gauge<br />

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measurement. S3 in Figure 4.22 shows the most steady reduction of strain readings<br />

compared to S2 <strong>an</strong>d S5, although all of them were installed along the circumferentially<br />

arc-shaped defect, as shown in Figure 4.21.<br />

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