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, 2000
Fabricated 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.