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Fabrication of birefringent anisotropic model materials

Author reviews the various fabrication procedures for anisotropic model materials and describes a simple method of preparing large plates of arbitrary layup

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Widely different techniques have been employed in the fabrication of transparent, birefringent, anisotropic model materials. Some of the techniques reported in the technical literature are briefly reviewed. A simple method of fabricating large plates of arbitrary layup is described.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Old Dominion University, 23508, Norfolk, VA

    Ramamurthy Prabhakaran (Associate Professor)

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Prabhakaran, R. Fabrication of birefringent anisotropic model materials. Experimental Mechanics 20, 320–321 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02328626

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