Geotechnical instrumentation and monitoring is a vast field that includes several monitoring instruments such as piezometers, tiltmeters, strain gauges, beam sensors, extensometers etc. Extensometers or extension-meters are extensively used to measure the change in the length of an object. They are designed for strain measurements or to carry out tensile tests. Since extensometers are one of the most significant monitoring instruments, let us give you a better insight into its working principle, construction, specifications, and application areas.