In his laboratory experiments, McMillan uses a technique called photoelasticity that analyzes how patterns of light within polyurethane disks change according to the magnitude and direction of forces ...

Figure 1. Schematic diagram of a typical poledioscope. For stress testing using photoelasticity, a material should essentially be birefringent. However metals and ceramics which are the prime ...

Photoelasticity is an experimental technique to reveal the stress/strain fields in models/structures through fringe patterns, especially in colour The UK-based Institute of Physics has published a ...

Photoelasticity may be applied in areas such as biomedical and conventional stress analysis, involving complex loading and boundary conditions in aerospace, civil, ...

A digital book on photoelasticity, authored by a professor of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, has been published by the Institute of Physics, United Kingdom. Developments in ...