The micro-connection of the second-order moiré fringes and its order determination,and the determination of the boundary strains

The micro-connection method for determining the centre lines of second-order moiré fringes presented in this paper can enhance the accuracy in measuring strain fields, and generally can determine the absolute order of the second-order moiré fringes. The strain data obtained from curved beam experiment are in good accordance with theory. The relationship between the second-order moiré fringe and the strains at the specific points of the specimen is derived. Hence a reciprocate shift method is presented for determining strain distributions in the non-overlapping region of the shifted moiré patterns, (usually in the region of specimen where no second-order moiré fringes occur is the boundary region).