Abstract
The photoelastic technique involves the observation of patterns of dark and light lines, known as fringes, which result from interference of components of plane polarized light when transmitted by a stressed plastic model. This phenomenon was first observed by Brewster early in the 19th century (Frocht, 1941) and subsequently related to stresses in materials. The practical application of the technique increased as suitable modelling materials became available to replace glass, which is optically insensitive and difficult to work. The first such material, ‘Celluloid’, was used by Coker in 1906 but since then a range of further materials have become available. Applications in biomechanics have been developing since the 1940s.
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Orr, J.F. (1992). Two- and three-dimensional photoelastic techniques. In: Miles, A.W., Tanner, K.E. (eds) Strain Measurement in Biomechanics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2330-3_7
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