Development and Application of Methods of Experimental Mechanics.

Abstract

The general objective of the research program is to develop method in experimental mechanics, with particular emphasis on stress analysis. The following phases have been dealt with: (1) new methods in three-dimensional photoelasticity, (2) viscoelasticity, (3) strains in actual solid propellant for rockets, (4) shrinkage stresses, (5) transient thermal stresses, (6) gravitational stress, (7) composite materials, (8) dynamic holography and photoelasticity, (9) interference phenomena, (10) two- and three-dimensional finite strains and stresses, (11) cables, (12) evaluation of relative merits and limitations of different experimental stress analysis methods, (13) elastostatics of boxes subjected to pressure and concentrated loads, (14) optimization of shapes, (15) speckle methods, (16) photoelastic coatings. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA072836

Entities

People

  • Augusto J. Durelli
  • J. D. Hovanesian
  • Y. Y. Hung

Organizations

  • Oakland University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Composite Materials
  • Discontinuities
  • Hydrostatic Pressure
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Optimization
  • Photoelasticity
  • Propellant Grains
  • Propellants
  • Shape
  • Solid Propellants
  • Stress Analysis
  • Stress Concentration
  • Stresses
  • Structural Components

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.