Bending Beam Modeling

[Pilot23]

Dear community,

I'm a materials engineer about to finish my undergrad. 

As a part of a certain course that I'm taking I would like to know how Lab View is integrated in the field testing concert beams through 3 point bending test. which sensors are in use with Lab view and where can I get their data sheets? and an example code  for the test?

I have no idea where to get my info from, it's a new field for me.

Thanks in advance,

Hofit

[RavensFan]

"concert" beams?  Do you mean "concrete"?

"which sensors are in use with Lab view and where can I get their data sheets"

What sensors do you need to use in your test?  What are you trying to measure, force, displacement?  LabVIEW works with many if not all kinds of sensors.  Actually, LabVIEW works with data acquisition systems that are able to read all kinds of sensors.

[Pilot23]

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@RavensFan wrote:

"concert" beams?  Do you mean "concrete"?

"which sensors are in use with Lab view and where can I get their data sheets"

What sensors do you need to use in your test?  What are you trying to measure, force, displacement?  LabVIEW works with many if not all kinds of sensors.  Actually, LabVIEW works with data acquisition systems that are able to read all kinds of sensors.

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@RavensFan wrote:

"concert" beams?  Do you mean "concrete"?

"which sensors are in use with Lab view and where can I get their data sheets"

What sensors do you need to use in your test?  What are you trying to measure, force, displacement?  LabVIEW works with many if not all kinds of sensors.  Actually, LabVIEW works with data acquisition systems that are able to read all kinds of sensors.

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hello,

yes, concrete.. sorry...auto corrector.

 we are trying to measure force and displacement.

[RavensFan]

Determine what sensors are best for your test for measuring force and displacement.

Then we can figure out how to connect them to your PC and have LabVIEW be able to read them.

[Pilot23]

Hello, 

the sensors we are using NI9201 and NI9237. would really use your help. 

thank you.

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@RavensFan wrote:

Determine what sensors are best for your test for measuring force and displacement.

Then we can figure out how to connect them to your PC and have LabVIEW be able to read them.

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[cbutcher]

Neither of those devices actually measure force or displacement - they take the results of a measurement and read it for your system. The 9237 does however condition strain bridges, so it's reasonable to assume you're measuring force with some sort of load cell?

The 9201 is an analog voltage measurement device, so it could be connected to anything. Perhaps this measures some output of a displacement sensor?

Unfortunately, my guess is that RavensFan was looking for information about the sensors, not the DAQ devices. Since both of those devices are NI devices, integrating them with LabVIEW should be very straightforward, and making measurements can be done easily using the DAQmx API.

NI/LabVIEW has a large number of DAQmx examples which you can find in LabVIEW using the "Find Examples..." option under the Help menu. Probably your application will involve making simultaneous measurements via both devices and then perhaps scaling their outputs, followed by producing a graph of some sort and/or datalogging. Several of the examples including graphing Analog Input results in 'real-time'.

Is there something specific that you're looking for help with? As a side note, since you originally asked for datasheets, the links are available here: NI 9237 and NI 9201, although you probably already have those now.