Full-field optical strain measurement having postrecording sensitivity and direction selectivity - A coherent optical technique is described which allows for strain determination along any direction and with variable sensitivity using a single photographic recording (shearing-specklegram)

Y. Y. Hung*, I. M. Daniel, R. E. Rowlands

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Abstract

An optical method of strain measurement is described which possesses numerous advantages over conventional and holographic interferometry. The method consists of imaging the coherently illuminated object by a lens, and double-exposing a photographic plate in a misfocused image plane before and after deformation of the object. The processed photographic plate or 'specklegram' is subsequently Fourier-filtered to provide fringe patterns representing derivatives of surface displacements with respect to any desired direction and with variable and controllable sensitivity.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)56-60
Number of pages5
JournalExperimental Mechanics
Volume18
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1978

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering

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