The Photostress Method of Structural Data Acquisition

Abstract

The procedure describes methods for performing photostress data acquisition, including: the selection, application and calibration of the plastic coating, the acquisition of photostress data using a reflective polarscope, the determination of the directions of principal stresses by the construction of stress trajectories, and the determination of the difference in magnitude of principal stresses (or maximum shearing stress).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 10, 1967
Accession Number
AD0718239

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army Test and Evaluation Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Birefringence
  • Circular Polarization
  • Data Acquisition
  • Elliptical Polarization
  • Light Sources
  • Materials
  • Monochromatic Light
  • Plastic Coatings
  • Polarization
  • Polarizers
  • Right Angles
  • Stress Analysis
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Waveplates
  • White Light

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Riverine Ecology
  • Structural Dynamics.