Strain determination on curved surfaces by objective white light speckles

A close-range objective white light speckle method has been used for strain determination on simply curved surfaces. The speckle field is not the artificially printed random dots but only the radiance distribution of object surface which was slightly treated before the test to produce fine structure of optical details. The holographic film, instead of holographic plate, is attatched to the curved surface when illuminated by a flash light. Whole field fringe patterns are obtained with high sensitivities and large adjustable range. There is no longer a requirement to derive the speckle movement on the image plane from the object surface. Defocusing problem has been avoided. It can be practically applied to engineering problems with considerable convenience because of the very simple recording system and little demand for environmental stability.