Hello for a laboratory experiment we used strain gauges to measure the internal pressure of a...

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Hello for a laboratory experiment we used strain gauges tomeasure the internal pressure of a coke can. Our instructor told usone of the sources of error would be not aligning the gaugesperfectly. Why would this cause error in the experiment? Is thereany other sources of error as well.

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Yes misalignment of strain gauges is a big source of error in the strain measurements For this understand how strain gauge measures strain So it is a kind of sensor which we attach to a material at which the external    See Answer
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