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Another method to separate principal strains in photoelastic coatings

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It is shown that the combination of a prism and a reflection polariscope provided with a Babinet-Soleil compensator offers a simple practical solution to the problem of separation of the principal strains in photoelastic coatings.

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    Pieter J. Sevenhuijsen (Test Engineer)

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Sevenhuijsen, P.J. Another method to separate principal strains in photoelastic coatings. Experimental Mechanics 23, 268–281 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02319253

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