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1-100 Section 1The plane polariscope Figure 1.5.42 consists of a light source, two polarizing elements, and the model.. These fringe patterns are used to determine the principal stress d

1-100 Section 1

The plane polariscope (Figure 1.5.42) consists of a light source, two polarizing elements, and the model The axes of the two polarizing elements are oriented at a 90° angle from each other If the specimen is not stressed, no light passes through the analyzer and a dark field is observed If the model

is stressed, two sets of fringes, isoclinics and isochromatics, will be obtained Black isoclinic fringe patterns are the loci of points where the principal-stress directions coincide with the axis of the polarizer These fringe patterns are used to determine the principal stress directions at all points of a photoelastic

model When the principal stress difference is zero (n = 0) or sufficient to produce an integral number

of wavelengths of retardation (n = 1, 2, 3, ), the intensity of light emerging from the analyzer is zero.

This condition for extinction gives a second fringe pattern, called isochromatics, where the fringes are

the loci of points exhibiting the same order of extinction (n = 0, 1, 2, 3, …).

(1.5.65)

where N is the isochromatic fringe order The order of extinction n depends on the principal stress

difference (σ1 – σ2), the thickness h of the model, and the material fringe value fσ When monochromatic light is used, the isochromatic fringes appear as dark bands When white light is used, the isochromatic fringes appear as a series of colored bands Black fringes appear in this case only where the principal stress difference is zero

A circular polariscope is a plane polariscope with two additional polarizing plates, called quarter-wave plates, added between the model and the original polarizing plates (Figure 1.5.43) The two quarter-wave plates are made of a permanently doubly refracting material The circular polariscope is used to eliminate the isoclinic fringes while maintaining the isochromatic fringes To accomplish this, mono-chromatic light must be used since the quarter-wave plates are designed for a specific wavelength of light For the dark-field arrangement shown, no light is passed through the polariscope when the model

is unstressed A light-field arrangement is achieved by rotating the analyzer 90° The advantage of using

FIGURE 1.5.42 Schematic of a stressed photoelastic model in a plane polariscope.

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