Abstract: Out-of-plane strains and stresses are determined using reciprocity for the central region of very long bars (approaching infinite length) of uniform transverse cross section subjected to the same ...

Abstract: The object of this paper is to present in a systematic way a general method to determine whole fields of displacements and of their space and time derivatives. The method can be called ...

Abstract: The knowledge of the partial derivatives of displacement components is essential in strain analysis. Two methods of determining these partial derivatives using moiré effects are presented in ...

Abstract: Techniques have been developed to cast photoelastic materials in molds or about inserts and allow them to bond at the interfaces or remain free, at will. The birefringence associated with the ...

Abstract: Stresses and displacements in largely deflected cantilever beams subjected to gravity were analyzed by means of photoelasticity. The results obtained for stresses and moments are normalized and ...

Abstract: This paper deals with the photoelastic analysis of stress waves in bars and plates subjected to damped sinusoidal loading. The device used to apply the loading is a piezoelectric transducer ...

Abstract: Two-dimensional photoelasticity is used to determine the distribution of stresses at the ends of a transverse slot symmetrically located in the uniform field of a thin birefringent strip subjected ...

Abstract: Previous solutions for the case of close-coiled helical springs and for helices made of thin bars are extended to cover all the range of geometric parameters. The complete solution is presented ...