Validation of Printed Strain Gauges at Moderate Temperatures (up to 300°C)
- Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Strain gauges in material test reactors serve to generate critical mechanical property data for qualifying the performance of reactor components. Resistance based strain gauge technologies are both well established and commercially available; however, they present limitations in terms of reactor experiment conditions, especially in areas where physical space is a challenge. In this work, an additively manufactured capacitance-based strain gauge was printed on a stainless-steel specimen and tested at up to the prototypic pressurized-water reactor operating temperature of 300°C. In addition, a high-temperature resistive strain gauge (RSG) was used to better understand how the RSGs operate, and to provide baseline measurements for comparison against the printed strain gauges. Future development of printed strain gauges will focus on expanding their temperature limits to 500°C and enabling applications currently beyond the capabilities of commercial RSGs.
- Research Organization:
- Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC07-05ID14517;
- OSTI ID:
- 1901809
- Report Number(s):
- INL/RPT-22-69834-Rev000
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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