Optical analysis of crack tip stress fields: A comparative study

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 623-635

  Patterson, E A ^a   Olden, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caustics; Moir interferometry; Reflection photoelasticity; Shadow spot method; Strain gauges; Thermoelasticity

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; INTERFEROMETRY; PHOTOELASTICITY; STRAIN GAGES; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; THERMOELASTICITY;

MOIRE INTERFEROMETRY; REFLECTION PHOTOELASTICITY; SHADOW SPOT METHOD;

STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 2942702231     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2004.00774.x     Document Type: Article

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