Denny Esterline wrote:

> Strain gauges are little more than a metal foil resistor, there's no
> reason why they couldn't be used in such an enviroment. You'll likely
> run into issues with bonding them, but that's solveable. And thermal
> compensation becomes much more important, but there are ways of dealing
> with that too. 

You can place two (or four) of them on opposite sides of the strained part
and put them in a bridge. Doubles (quadruples) the strain signal and
eliminates the temperature signal.

Gerhard

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