Developments in photoelasticity :a renaissance /

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"Version: 202110"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Basics of photoelasticity and photoplasticity -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Birefringence and its use in photoelasticity -- 1.3. Retardation plates -- 1.4. Stress-optic law -- 1.5. Optical arrangements and fringe fields in conventional photoelasticity -- 1.6. Jones calculus -- 1.7. Analysis of plane polariscope by Jones calculus -- 1.8. Analysis of circular polariscope by Jones calculus -- 1.9. Fringe contours and their numbering in photoelasticity -- 1.10. Calibration of model materials -- 1.11. Tardy's method of compensation -- 1.12. Three-dimensional photoelasticity -- 1.13. Interpretation of results obtained from plastics to metallic prototypes -- 1.14. Similitude relations -- 1.15. Photoelastic results and methods for comparison -- 1.16. Reflection photoelasticity -- 1.17. Photoplasticity -- 1.18. Closure2. Fringe multiplication, fringe thinning and carrier fringe analysis -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Digital fringe multiplication -- 2.3. Digital fringe thinning -- 2.4. Need of fracture mechanics to quantify cracks -- 2.5. Development of the stress field equation in the neighbourhood of the crack-tip -- 2.6. Study of interacting cracks -- 2.7. Evaluation of stress-field parameters using non-linear least squares analysis -- 2.8. Subtleties in the evaluation of crack-tip stress field parameters -- 2.9. Experimental evaluation of stress field parameters for interacting cracks -- 2.10. Empirical relations for estimating normalized SIF under biaxial loading -- 2.11. Use of carrier fringes in photoelasticity -- 2.12. Residual stresses in a commercial polycarbonate sheet -- 2.13. Nomenclature of stresses in glass -- 2.14. Thickness stress evaluation of commercially annealed float glass -- 2.15. Calibration of glass -- 2.16. Edge stress analysis in tempered glass panels -- 2.17. Influence of residual stress on crack-tip stress field parameters -- 2.18. Closure3. Phase shifting techniques in photoelasticity -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Intensity of light transmitted for generic arrangements of plane and circular polariscopes -- 3.3. Development of phase shifting techniques -- 3.4. Evaluation of photoelastic parameters using intensity information -- 3.5. Phasemaps in photoelasticity -- 3.6. Intricacies in phasemaps of digital photoelasticity -- 3.7. Unwrapping methodologies -- 3.8. Evaluation of isoclinics -- 3.9. Smoothing of isoclinics -- 3.10. Unwrapping of isochromatics -- 3.11. Phase shifting in colour domain -- 3.12. Parallel unwrapping -- 3.13. Developments in digital photoelastic hardware and software -- 3.14. Closure4. Total fringe order photoelasticity -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Intensity of light transmitted in white light for various polariscope arrangements -- 4.3. Basics of three-fringe photoelasticity -- 4.4. Calibration specimens and generation of a merged calibration table -- 4.5. Twelve-fringe photoelasticity/ Total fringe order photoelasticity -- 4.6. Colour adaptation techniques -- 4.7. Scanning schemes -- 4.8. Influence of spatial resolution -- 4.9. Fringe resolution guided scanning in TFP (FRSTFP) -- 4.10. Image normalization methods -- 4.11. Five-step/ Four-step methods -- 4.12. Digital photoelasticity applied to orthodontics -- 4.13. Closure -- Appendix A. Applying a frequency filter to an image -- Appendix B. Applying Hilbert transform to an image5. Diverse applications of photoelasticity -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Photoelasticity impacting everyday life -- 5.3. Photoelasticity in solving a problem in multi-physics -- 5.4. Photoelasticity assisted FE modelling -- 5.5. Importance of higher order terms in crack growth prediction -- 5.6. Ingenuity of solving problems by simplifying the problem -- 5.7. Three-dimensional photoelastic analysis -- 5.8. Phenomenological studies on granular materials and structures -- 5.9. Photoelasticity for food security -- 5.10. Photoelasticity applied to neurobiology -- 5.11. Photoelasticity in developing biomaterials -- 5.12. Applications of Infrared Photoelasticity -- 5.13. Photoelasticity in solid mechanics education -- 5.14. Closure -- Appendix. Simplified solution for stress field in a circular disc with self-equilibrated forces.In recent years, the field of digital photoelasticity has begun to stabilise. Developments in Photoelasticity presents, in one volume, the time-tested advancements that have brought about a fundamental change in employing photoelastic analysis to solve diverse applications. Based on decades of active research, this authoritative treatment surveys wide-ranging connections in the field, focusing on developments made since 2010.University/industry/academics in optical materials/mechanics, optical design.Also available in print.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.Professor K. Ramesh is currently the K. Mahesh Chair Professor at the Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT Madras and a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering. He received the Zandman award in 2012 for outstanding research contributions utilizing photoelastic coatings and has been a member of editorial boards of Optics and Lasers in Engineering and Strain since 2000. He has developed software such as P_Scopeª, DigiTFPª, DigiPhoto and PSIF for photoelastic analysis and innovative e-books with extensive animations for teaching several courses.Title from PDF title page (viewed on November 8, 2021).

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