Validation of finite element modelling through photoelastic fringe contours

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 229-238

  Pathak, P M ^a   Ramesh, K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Finite element modelling; Fringe contours; Isochromatics; Mesh discretization; Photoelasticity

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOELASTICITY; STRESS ANALYSIS;

MESH DISCRETIZATION; PHOTOELASTIC FRINGE CONTOURS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0032656502     PISSN: 10698299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0887(199904)15:4<229::AID-CNM236>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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