| Abstract: | Sandwich holographic interferometry was first proposed by Prof. N. Abramson in 1974. There are many advantages in using this method. One of its most important virtues is that it can compensate for rigid body displacements between the two exposures and is very convenient in practical operation. The authors have already made a detailed theoretical analysis of in-plane and out-of-plane displacements. This paper describes experimental measurements of the residual stresses in welds, by studying the curvature or the second-order derivative of the fringes of in-plane or out-of-plane displacements, using sandwich holographic interferometry. The stresses are obtained quantitatively, and are verified by an experiment involving measurements of the stresses of a flat plate. |
