Photoelasticity for Designers

International Series of Monographs in Mechanical Engineering

R. B. Heywood, D. J. Silverleaf, G. Blackburn

• Publisher: Pergamon
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN:
  9780080130057
• eBook ISBN:
  9781483151953
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Engineering General
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Photoelasticity for Designers covers the fundamental principles and techniques of photoelasticity, with an emphasis on its value as an aid to engineering design. This book is divided into 12 chapters, and begins with an introduction to the essential optical effects necessary for an understanding of the photoelastic phenomena. The next chapters describe the concept and features of polariscopes; the characterization of photoelastic materials; the formulation and testing of two-dimensional models of photoelasticity; and the application of model stresses to prototypes for the analysis of stresses occurring in the plane of the model, effectively of uniform thickness. These topics are followed by a discussion of the frozen stress technique and a comparison of the various materials that can be used for models in the technique. The ending chapters deal with the principles and application of the birefringent coating and distorted model techniques. This book will prove useful to photoelasticians, design engineers, and students.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Photoelasticity for Designers
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Dedication
• Preface
• Definitions
• List of Symbols
• Conversion Table
• Multiplying Factors
• CHAPTER 1. Behaviour of Light in Plane Polariscope
• CHAPTER 2. Behaviour of Light in Circular Polariscope
• CHAPTER 3. Polariscopes
• CHAPTER 4. Photoelastic Materials
• CHAPTER 5. Two-dimensional Models: Their Preparation and Testing
• CHAPTER 6. Model Stresses Applied to Prototypes
• CHAPTER 7. Separation of Stresses within Two-dimensional Model
• CHAPTER 8. Frozen Stress Technique for Three-dimensional Analysis
• CHAPTER 9. Materials for Frozen Stress Analysis
• 9.1. General comparison of material properties
• 9.2. Epoxy resins
• 9.3. Catalin 61 893
• 9.4. Fosterite
• 9.5. Catalin 800 (phenolic resin)
• 9.6. Marco resin SB 28C
• 9.7. Castolite
• 9.8. Columbia resin CR 39
• 9.9. Kriston
• 9.10. Gelatin
• CHAPTER 10. Birefringent Coating Technique
• CHAPTER 11. Improvement of Designs
• CHAPTER 12. New Distorted Model Technique for the Improvement of Designs
• Bibliography
• Author Index
• Subject Index