Definitions
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- noun a technique for studying and measuring the
stresses andstrains in an object by means ofmechanical birefringence
Etymologies
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photo- + elasticity
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Examples
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To settle the issue, we have to go beyond photoelasticity mechanisms and examine it from the viewpoint of the theoretical structure of the mechanics of solids / fluids.
iMechanica - Comments infinique 2009
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I have read somewhere an argument (and forgot exactly where!) that even in photoelasticity what you really measure is strain.
iMechanica - Comments infinique 2009
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And, those photoelasticity photographs will help fix ideas in a unique way.
iMechanica - Comments Jerry Brown 2009
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