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Digital-filtering techniques applied to the interpolation of Moiré-fringes data

Results show that, for uniform fields, an effective 1/300 subdivision of the fringe pitch has been obtained

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Abbreviations

a r , b r :

weights of a linear filter

f :

spatial frequency

f o :

central frequency in a signal

f c :

cut-off frequency in a signal

f s :

sampling frequency

f t :

termination frequency

f i (nΔx), f o (nΔx):

input and output function of a linear filter

h(x) :

weight function of a linear filter

H(f) :

transfer function of a linear filter equal to the Fourier transform ofh(x)

h n :

weights in the Ormsby filters

I :

light-intensity amplitude in the image plane (subscripts indicate the corresponding harmonic)

I 1 :

light-intensity vector corresponding to the first harmonic

k e :

parameter defining the extent of the parabolic transition in an Ormsby filter

p 1,p 2 :

pitches of the master and the model grids, respectively

T(x) :

in-quadrature component of the vectorI 1

u :

displacement in the direction of thex-axis

U(x) :

complex function equal toV(x)+iT(x)

V(x) :

in-phase component of the vectorI 1

ω:

angular frequency

o :

central angular frequency of a signal

δ:

fringe spacing

δ(xr−r):

unit impulse function

ε:

strain

θ:

total angle rotated by the vector representing light intensity from a given origin

λ o c t :

center, cut-off, and termination wave-length in the filter weighth m

ρ:

relative dimensionless displacement equal tox/p 1x/p 2

ϕ(x):

phase modulation equal to ∝ψ(x)dx

ϕ c :

phase of the light-intensity vector

ψ(x):

frequency-modulating function

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C. A. Sciammarella and D. L. Sturgeon were Professor and Research Assistant, respectively, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla., at the time this paper was prepared.

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Sciammarella, C.A., Sturgeon, D.L. Digital-filtering techniques applied to the interpolation of Moiré-fringes data. Experimental Mechanics 7, 468–475 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02326261

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