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A device for measuring relative angular displacement.

R P McCabe·S S Kohles·S V Chelikani·R Vanderby
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A simple, inexpensive, and accurate way to measure relative segmental rotations resulting from torsional loadings locally is described. To measure these rotations, we fabricated a planar spatial linkage (open-loop kinematic chain) requiring only one rotational displacement transducer. This paper describes this device, defines its kinematics, and examines its accuracy.

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BiophysicsEquipment DesignHumansMotionRotationStress, MechanicalSurface PropertiesTorqueTransducersWeight-BearingJournal ArticleResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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R P McCabe, S S Kohles, S V Chelikani, R Vanderby. 1998. A device for measuring relative angular displacement.. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2798316

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