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Review of photoelastic image analysis applied to structural birefringent materials: glass and polymers
Giuseppe PitarresiGiovanni PetrucciMichele ScafidiSabina AlessiAndrea ToscanoAugusto Ajovalasitsubject
digital photoelasticityPhotoelasticityBirefringenceMaterials scienceStructural materialGeneral Engineeringresidual streFibre-reinforced plasticAtomic and Molecular Physics and Opticsfracture toughnessStress fieldStress (mechanics)Settore ING-IND/14 - Progettazione Meccanica E Costruzione Di MacchineFracture toughnesshydrothermal ageingResidual stressglaSettore CHIM/07 - Fondamenti Chimici Delle TecnologieComposite materialphotoelastic image analysiSettore ING-IND/15 - Disegno E Metodi Dell'Ingegneria Industrialethermoset polymerdescription
Photoelasticity is particularly suitable for the analysis of the stress state in structural materials that are transparent and birefringent. Some techniques of digital photoelasticity (phase shifting and RGB) are applied to the analysis of stress field in two classes of structural materials. The first one consists of tempered glasses, such as those used in the automotive and architectural fields. The second one consists of thermoset polymers, typically used as matrices in fiber reinforced plastic structural composites. The birefringence of such resins is, in particular, exploited to investigate the development of swelling stresses and changes in fracture toughness as induced by water uptake aging.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-03-18 |