Photoelasticity
Applications
photos
courtesy of Measurements Group Inc.
Machined model of an aircraft catapult launch shuttle.
Cast model of a human iliac bone.
Photo taken by Derek Fryar on September 14, 2000Fabricated model of a section of a ship bulkhead. Machined model of a jet engine turbine spline. Fabricated model of a railroad car bolster plate. Stress-frozen model of an automobile diesel engine cylinder head, with a removed section and slice. Part of aft-skirt structure showing location of welded joint. PhotoStress fringe pattern revealed in welded joint area during testing.