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Photoelastic techniques are applied to analyze the SSS of the objects being studied on the basis of measuring optical parameters of the transparent materials possessing a strongly marked physical property, so-called optical sensitivity (e.g., to mechanical stresses).

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    In honor of D. Brewster who discovered the phenomenon of synthetic birefraction, the off-system unit of C σ measurement is 1 brewster = 10−7 cm2/kg.

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  1. Russian Academy of Science, Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Khariton’evskii per., 4, 101990, Moscow, Russia

    Igor A. Razumovsky

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    Anatoliy Ya. Galkin

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Razumovsky, I.A., Galkin, A.Y. (2011). Photoelastic Techniques. In: Interference-optical Methods of Solid Mechanics. Foundations of Engineering Mechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11222-5_1

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