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A method is presented for obtaining scettered-light photoelastic data in three-dimensional problems using an unpolarized incident light beam. Using simplifying optical assumptions, the scattered-light observation path is considered tobe a series of half-wave retarders. Data are obtained through rotation of the optical analyzer and translation of the incident light beam with respect to the model. The method is applied to obtain data in problems where the secondary principal directions are: (1) fixed and (2) rotate. Results compare favorably with those obatained using a polarized incident beam.
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Berghaus, D.G. Simplifications for scattered-light photoelasticity when using the unpolarized incident beam. Experimental Mechanics 21, 394–400 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02324802
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