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A shadow-moiré method with two discrete sensitivities

A technique is proposed whereby a composite grating made of two element gratings with largely different pitches is used for shadow-moiré studies

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A shadow-moiré method using a composite grating with two discrete pitches is proposed whereby the range of measurable deflection is enlarged as compared to the ordinary shadow-moiré method.

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  1. Department of Mechanics, State University of New York, 11794, Stony Brook, NY

    Fu-pen Chiang (Professor of Engineering)

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Chiang, Fp. A shadow-moiré method with two discrete sensitivities. Experimental Mechanics 15, 382–385 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02319835

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