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On the fiber-reinforced birefringent composite materials

Experimental results reveal residual birefringence and initial isoclinic coincident with the axis of material symmetry

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The isochromatic and isoclinic parameters for fiber-reinforced birefringent materials are examined. Experimental results reveal residual birefringence and an initial isoclinic coincident with the axis of material symmetry. These preliminary data also indicate that the isoclinic angle is neither a measure of the principal strain nor the principal-stress directions within the composite.

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  1. Mechanical Engineering, Drexel University, 19104, Philadelphia, PA

    R. B. Pipes (Assistant Professor)

  2. Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, 76010, Arlington, TX

    J. W. Dalley (Professor)

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Pipes, R.B., Dalley, J.W. On the fiber-reinforced birefringent composite materials. Experimental Mechanics 13, 348–349 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02322395

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