Techniques for the determination of absolute retardation in photoelasticity

The purpose of this paper is to give an interpretation to the fringes observed in holographic interferometry when plane-polarized light or circularly polarized light is utilized. It is shown that, when plane-polarized light is utilized and both the loaded and the unloaded states are considered, the obtained patterns are formed by the superposition of three families of fringes: the two families of absolute optical retardation and the family of relative retardation. The intensity distribution is also a function of the orientation of the plane of polarization, and along the points where the plane of polarization is parallel to one of the principal directions, only one of the families of absolute retardation is observed. By utilizing circularly polarized light, the dependence on the orientation of the principal axis is eliminated and patterns consisting of the superposition of the three above-mentioned families are obtained. If only the loaded state is considered, the holographic interferometer behaves as an ordinary polariscope with the reference beam playing the role of the analyzer. The relationships between the observed families are discussed. Examples of application to the disk and ring under diametral compression are also given.     

A measurement method of scattered light photoelasticity using unpolarized light

This paper describes an automatic measurement method for the stress analysis of a three-dirnensional photoelastic model having the rotation of the principal stress by scattered-light photoelasticity using unpolarized light. The relative phase retardation and the principal stress directions of a linear retarder for a distance in the solid model are expressed in terms of measurable Stokes parameters. The method was used for measurements on a frozen stress sphere under diametral compression.     

Measurement of the time-dependent principal-strain directions in birefringent materials

In this paper a simple method is presented to analyze the time variation of the principal-strain directions. The experimental arrangement to be used consists of a dark-field linear polariscope, a beam of monochromatic parallel light with a small diameter penetrating the measuring point with normal incidence. The variation of the light intensity behind the analyzer was measured by a photocell and a CRO. According to the method introduced here, two variations of light intensity were measured by choosing two orientations of the crossed system of polarizer and analyzer. The difference between the orientations is 45 deg. This method was applied to the analysis of the resulting principal directions in a region in which a superposition of a compression and a shear wave occurred. These waves were produced in a photoelastic foil, which was cemented on a brass rod impacted longitudinally. The compressional main pulse generated in the rod has a duration of about 25 μs. This experimental arrangement will be used later to investigate the behavior of the photoelastic material under short-time loading.     

Optical phenomena in photoelastic models by the rotation of principal axes

The basic equations of three-dimensional photoelasticity are derived in a form which is simpler than that of equations known previously. Using the matrix representation of the solution of these equations, it is also shown that when rotation of principal axes is present there always exist two perpendicular directions of polarizer by which the light emerging from the model is linearly polarized. These polarization directions of the incident and emergent light are named primary and secondary characteristic directions, respectively. The experimental determination of characteristic directions, as well as of the phase retardation, gives three equations on every light path to determine the stress components in a three-dimensional model. A general algorithm of the method of characteristic directions is presented, and its application by determination of stress in shells by normal and tangential incidence is described. A further extension of the method to the general axisymmetric problem has been suggested.     

An equiangular rosette-type extensometer

For complete determination of the state of stress at a surface point of an elastic body, it is in general necessary to measure the strain in three directions. This is usually made by means of strain rosettes of the bonded resistance-wire type. In this paper, a new type of extensometer is described which is capable of measuring the strains in three directions simultaneously.The extensometer consists of three parallel and equidistant legs which are flexibly connected to a central part and supplied with sharp indentors. The change in distances between equivalent points of these legs is proportional to the surface strains. Unbonded resistance wires or reluctance gages have been used for converting the displacements into electrical signals. Attachment is achieved by means of permament magnets or rubber cups.Restoring forces from flexible connections and strained wires are analyzed in detail. For an extensometer with 12 mm gage length and supplied with strained wires, these forces were found to be 21 g for a principal strain sum of 0.001 and 19 g for a principal strain difference of 0.001. When using reluctance gages, these figures are reduced to 5.8 and 12 g, respectively.Paper was presented by title at 1958 SESA Spring Meeting held in Cleveland, Ohio, on May 14–16.     

On the complete determination of dynamic startes of stress at the surface of nontransparent models or prototypes

The difference and directions of principal strains in a photoelalstic coating are obstained in a conventional way (reflection polariscope). An interferometric measurement to determine the sum of principal strain is only possible if interferences are produced by reflection of light at the free and contact face of the coating (Fizeau-Fabry). Besides, optical effect obtained in this way is larger than with an externl interferometer. To obtain reflection at the contact face of the coating, an appropriate reflective film was deposited before gluing. The procedure works especially well with laser light, due to its coherence (large path differences) and intensity (no noise problems).     

Calculation of nonaxisymmetric thermally stressed state of discrete homogeneous bodies of revolution with orthotropic layers

The nonaxisymmetric thermally stressed state of laminar bodies of revolution made of isotropic and orthotropic materials is considered. The procedure used is based on the semi-analytical finite-element method and the method of successive approximations. The results from calculations for the stressed state of a structural element are reported. The structure has layers of isotropic and orthotropic materials with principal axes of anisotropy that coincide with the directions of the axes of the cylindrical and Cartesian coordinate systems.Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 53–58, February, 1996.     

非线性梁索单元理论在轻型桅杆设计中的应用

导出了轻型桅杆设计计算的非线性梁与索单元理论和方法，求出的桅杆截面内力考虑了索单元的非线性影响，计入了桅杆杆身在轴压下弯曲失稳的效应。在计算桅杆时采用了增量Ｎｅｗｔｏｎ－Ｒａｐｈｓｏｎ迭代法，如果在设计荷载作用下的迭代过程收敛，则桅杆不会发生绕两个主轴的整体弯曲失稳。本文方法解决了轻型桅杆设计中的强度、整体和层间稳定及刚度计算的难题。     

Polarimetry for spatiotemporal photoelastic analysis

This paper describes a new photoelastic technique for the spatiotemporal stress analysis. In a polarimeter developed, an elliptically polarized signal beam of light, modulated in state of polarization by two-dimensional principal-stress distributions interferes with a reference beam of light consisting of orthogonal linearly polarized two components. A time-sequential series of two-dimensional interference patterns are received one after another by a MOS video camera, followed by a computer. Of the elliptically polarized signal beam, the orthogonal field components along the directions of the principal stresses in a two-dimensional photoelastic sample can be computed from a recorded interference pattern, which offer the data needer for mapping the spatiotemporal principal-stress distribution over the sample. Not only each of the two orthogonal principal stresses but also the principal-stress difference are mapped in a time-sequential diagram. No use of any movable polarization element such as a rotating analyzer allows us to follow a rapid change in stress distribution within the maximum frame rate 2066 s⁻¹ of the MOS video camera.     

Physical invariants for nonlinear orthotropic solids

Seven invariants, with immediate physical interpretation, are proposed for the strain energy function of nonlinear orthotropic elastic solids. Three of the seven invariants are the principal stretch ratios and the other four are squares of the dot product between the two preferred directions and two principal directions of the right stretch tensor. A strain energy function, expressed in terms of these invariants, has a symmetrical property almost similar to that of an isotropic elastic solid written in terms of principal stretches. Ground state and stress–strain relations are given. Using principal axes techniques, the formulation is applied, with mathematical simplicity, to several types of deformations. In simple shear, a necessary and sufficient condition is given for Poynting relation and two novel deformation-dependent universal relations are formulated. Using series expansions and the symmetrical property, the proposed general strain energy function is refined to a particular general form. A type of strain energy function, where the ground state constants are written explicitly, is proposed. Some advantages of this type of function are indicated. An experimental advantage is demonstrated by showing a simple triaxial test can vary a single invariant while keeping the remaining invariants fixed.     

Experimental analysis of rolling contact stresses in a viscoelastic strip

An experimental approach to two-dimensional, viscoelastic, steadily moving rolling contact is described. The photoviscoelastic technique is employed for the analysis of rolling contact stresses between a viscoelastic plate and a rigid rolling cylinder in which the principal axes of stress, strain and birefringence are not coincident with each other. Using an elliptically polarized white light, the distribution of isochromatic fringe order and the principal axes of birefringence at an instant are determined from a single photoviscoelastic image. The time variations of the differences of the principal stresses and strains, as well as their directions, are obtained by use of the optical constitutive equations of photoviscoelasticity. The experimental results involving the time variation of the stresses around the contact surface and their distributions are analyzed.     

An experimental investigation on isoclinic parameters in viscoelastoplastic materials under cyclic stresses

Photovisco-elastoplasticity has been developed and applied to various problems in nonlinear stress analysis as an extension of photoelasticity into nonlinear photomechanics. In photoelasticity, because stress is simply related to strain, isochromatics are proportional to either the principal stress difference or the principal strain difference and isoclinics indicate the directions of either principal stresses or principal strains separately. However, in photovisco-elastoplasticity, these optical responses are nonlinearly related to both stress and strain state simultaneously. Thus isochromatics are related nonlinearly with both the principal stress and strain differences. Isoclinics depend on the direction of principal strain as well as that of principal stress. Concerning now isoclinic parameter: according to the results of experiments performed by us for the deformation state where the directions of principal stress and strain do not coincide with one another, it has been found that isoclinic parameter moves gradually from the direction of principal stress to that of principal strain with increasing viscous deformation under constant stress. In the present research, extending our previous investigations, the behavior of isoclinic parameter has been examined experimentally under cyclic stressing, where the direction of principal stress changes alternately. In the course of an experiment, the variation of isoclinic parameter in relation to the number of cycles was measured together with the corresponding strain state on the thin-walled tubular specimen of celluloid softened by heating, subjected to combined loading conditions consisting of constant axial tension and cyclic torsion. The results obtained may be summarized as follows.

1. The cyclic-variation phase of isoclinic parameter lags behind the cyclic-variation phase of the direction of principal stress. The phase difference between these cyclic variations remains constant regardless of the number of cycles.
2. Isoclinic parameter has a value close to the direction of the principal stress within a range of a small number of cycles and decreases with an increase in the number of cycles. However, it does not approach the direction of principal strain but a value between the direction of the principal stress and that of the principal strain, with a certain constant ratio to them.

     

A Non-linear Algorithm of Photoelastic Tomography for the Axisymmetric Problem

A non-linear algorithm of photoelastic tomography for the measurement of axisymmetric stress fields has been elaborated. It is free of any assumptions concerning the value of the birefringence or rotation of the principal stress axes along the light rays. The algorithm is based on the measurement of characteristic directions and phase retardation in two parallel sections of the test object. Stress components are presented in the form of power series along the radial coordinate. A differential evolution algorithm has been used for finding the stress field parameters, which fit the measurement data best. Application of the method is illustrated by residual stress measurement in a drinking glass.     

Simplifications for scattered-light photoelasticity when using the unpolarized incident beam

A method is presented for obtaining scettered-light photoelastic data in three-dimensional problems using an unpolarized incident light beam. Using simplifying optical assumptions, the scattered-light observation path is considered tobe a series of half-wave retarders. Data are obtained through rotation of the optical analyzer and translation of the incident light beam with respect to the model. The method is applied to obtain data in problems where the secondary principal directions are: (1) fixed and (2) rotate. Results compare favorably with those obatained using a polarized incident beam.     

Rectilinear and circular analysis of a plane slice optically isolated in a three-dimensional photoelastic model

Because of the coherence of scattered light, it is possible to produce a speckle image from a plane beam of light passing through a transparent model. When two plane parallel beams of light are transmitted through the model the slice between the beams is then optically isolated. The two speckle patterns corresponding to the two beams are superposed and provide optical data relative to the slice (principal stress directions, birefrengence), the data being collected on high contrast photographic plates or by optical filtering to obtain the square of the contrast. The isoclinic and isochromatic fringes are shown to exist. The concepts of rectilinear or circular analysis are extended to the observation of a plane slice in a three-dimensional model without freezing or cutting the model.     

Phase Shifting Full-Field Interferometric Methods for Determination of In-Plane Tensorial Stress

A new method that combines phase shifting photoelasticity and transmission Coherent Gradient Sensing (CGS) is developed to determine the tensorial stress field in thin plates of photoelastic materials. A six step phase shifting photoelasticity method determines principal stress directions and the difference of principal stresses. The transmission CGS method utilizes a standard four step phase shifting method to measure the x and y first derivatives of the sum of principal stresses. These stress derivatives are numerically integrated using a weighted preconditioned conjugate gradient (PCG) algorithm, which is also used for the phase unwrapping of the photoelastic and CGS phases. With full-field measurement of the sum and difference of principal stresses, the principal stresses may be separated, followed by the Cartesian and polar coordinate stresses using the principal stress directions. The method is demonstrated for a compressed polycarbonate plate with a side V-shaped notch. The experimental stress fields compare well with theoretical stress fields derived from Williams solution for a thin plate with an angular corner.     

On stability and non-uniqueness of the dilatation states of a compressible isotropic unit cube subjected to dead loading

This paper considers a unit elastic cube, made of compressible isotropic material, with its faces subjected to certain dead-load tractions that produce a possible equilibrium state of non-uniform dilatation. It is seen that, at the considered equilibrium state, the cube material acquires properties of pseudo-transverse isotropy. Conditions are obtained for the stability of such an equilibrium state with respect to superimposed pure homogeneous deformations having principal directions parallel to the cube edges. The problem of non-uniqueness of the cube dilatation states is also addressed, and non-uniqueness is illustrated in an example application dealing with an isotropic cube made of the Blatz-Ko material. The nature and the stability features of these equilibrium states are studied in depth.     

含损伤演化的TM耦合数值模型及其应用研究

从岩石材料的细观结构层次出发，应用损伤力学和热弹性理论，对热力耦合作用下岩石破裂 过程中热－应力相互作用关系进行了分析. 初步建立了细观岩石热－力(TM)耦合数值模型， 探讨了TM耦合作用下岩石材料的细观结构损伤及其诱发的材料力学性能演化机制，把岩石 热固耦合问题的研究从应力状态分析深入到损伤、破坏过程分析之中. 运用该数值模型对某 硬岩实验室开展的原位尺度实验中的废料处理井间柱稳定性进行了模拟分析，其应力场、岩 石剥离破坏形态及破坏诱发的AE特性等均与实验监测结果表现出了较好的一致性，证 明了该数值模型的合理性和有效性.     

π平面上原状土的空心扭剪试验

为了通过空心扭剪试验获得原状土在π 平面上的屈服特性，在分析空心扭剪试验仪加载过程和加载特点的基础上，研究了空心圆柱试样可实现的应力状态，并设计了相应的加载路径．与重塑试样不同，原状土样的初始应力状态位于K0 固结线上而不是等倾线上，因此，其加载路径应从原点开始沿K0 固结线行至原始应力状态，然后再在π 平面上进行以初始应力为起点的等p 试验．在考虑原状土的初始应力状态和各项异性的基础上，针对具有不同主应力方向角的平行试样，给出了等p 条件下保持主应力方向角不变的加载路径实现方法，采用该方法可得到任意平均主应力时π 平面上六分之一范围内的屈服曲线，该范围对应于大主应力方向角从-45o~45o．本文设计的加载方案可完成真三轴试验的部分功能，但经济成本相对较低，操作方法简单易行．