Towards RGB photoelasticity: Full-field automated photoelasticity in white light
TL;DR: A new full-field method for the automatic analysis of isochromatic fringes in white light, named RGB photoelasticity, which makes it possible to determine retardations uniquely in the range of 0–3 fringe orders.
Abstract: In this paper a new full-field method for the automatic analysis of isochromatic fringes in white light is presented. The method, named RGB photoelasticity, eliminates the typical drawbacks of the classical approach to photoelasticity in white light which requires a subjective analysis of colors and an experienced analyst to acquire and interpret the results.
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TL;DR: In this article, a systematic study based on univariate search optimization method is undertaken by using finite element analysis (FEA) to determine the optimum size and location for an auxiliary defence hole system.
Abstract: Stress concentrations associated with circular holes in pure shear-loaded plates can be reduced by up to 13.5 per cent by introducing elliptical auxiliary holes along the principal stress directions. These holes are introduced in the areas of low stresses near the main circular hole in order to smooth the principal stress trajectories.A systematic study based on univariate search optimization method is undertaken by using finite element analysis (FEA) to determine the optimum size and location for an auxiliary defence hole system. The results are validated using RGB (red-green-blue) photoelasticity.
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TL;DR: A new strategy to overcome the non-uniqueness problem is proposed, which is validated and applied to demodulate actual fringe maps and results show that the fringe maps are sufficiently smooth with 0.02 mean absolute deviation (MAD) in fringe orders.
Abstract: Color adaptation in RGB photoelasticity takes care of the tint variations in a calibration specimen and the analysis image, whereby an existing calibration look-up table (LUT) is modified to adapt to the changed tint environments. The theoretical justification available for color adaptation ignores important practical aspects such as the modulation of intensities and dispersion of spectral signatures. In this paper, these nuances of color adaptation have been verified through experiments and a realistic theoretical explanation for color adaptation is provided. The experimental and theoretical analysis show that color adaptation technique produces non-unique LUTs, which is the prime reason behind the uncertainties due to color adaptation seen in the literature. This paper proposes a new strategy to overcome the non-uniqueness problem, which is validated and applied to demodulate actual fringe maps. The validation results show that the fringe maps are sufficiently smooth with 0.02 mean absolute deviation (MAD) in fringe orders. Moreover, common industrial uncertainties which can be resolved through the proposed methodology are highlighted.
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TL;DR: Three new methods for spectral analysis based on the maximum entropy method, a genetic algorithm and a memetic algorithm are described, which were found to be considerably faster than the existing methods, although less accurate than the best existing method.
Abstract: Over the past 10 years, spectral analysis has been shown to have the potential to be a reliable means of automating photoelasticity. However, the four methods of analyzing the spectra that have previously been proposed are slow and, in some cases, inaccurate. This paper describes three new methods for spectral analysis based on the maximum entropy method, a genetic algorithm and a memetic algorithm. Thirty-five spectra for known fringe orders were recorded and used in testing the four existing methods and the three new ones. It was found that the new methods were all considerably faster than the existing methods, although less accurate than the best existing method. By combining the maximum entropy method with either the genetic algorithm or the memetic algorithm, spectra could be analyzed up to 30 times as fast as they could with any of the existing methods and with comparable accuracy.
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TL;DR: In this article, a new full-field approach for the automatic photoelastic analysis of isochromatic fringes in white light is proposed, which combines digital RGB image-discrete processing technique (DIDP) and the Tardy method with null-balance compensator (NBC) to extract the reflection photo-elastic fringe orders.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of an interacting internal crack on the edge crack in a transient thermal stress field is evaluated using digital photothermoelastic experiments and finite element (FE) analysis.
Abstract: The effect of an interacting internal crack on the edge crack in a transient thermal stress field is evaluated using digital photothermoelastic experiments and finite element (FE) analysis. Initially, a transient thermal stress field is simulated using FE analysis for which the thermal boundary conditions are set based on the experimental isochromatic fringes. In this simulated thermal stress field, single edge crack with and without an internal short crack interacting at different configurations are modeled and the non-dimensional Stress Intensity Factor (SIF) values are evaluated at different time intervals. It is observed that the asymmetric and collinear configurations tend to increase the SIF of the edge crack whereas a parallel crack tends to decrease the SIF of the edge crack. For experimental evaluation, specimens with a single edge crack and asymmetric configuration of interacting cracks are considered and the non-dimensional SIF values are evaluated under a thermal stress field generated by edge heating and cooling. The results are compared with those obtained using the FE analysis.
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TL;DR: The "Handbook on Experimental Mechanics" as mentioned in this paper is a comprehensive reference in the field of experimental mechanics and has been used extensively in the past 50 years for a wide range of applications.
Abstract: The "Handbook on Experimental Mechanics" is a comprehensive reference in the field. Since 1950, new experimental techniques, such as holography, laser speckle interferometry, optical heterodyning and modal analysis, have emerged as practical tools in the broader field of experimental mechanics. The emergence of new materials and new disciplines, such as composite materials and fracture mechanics, resulted in the evolution of traditional experimental techniques to new fields such as orthotropic photoelasticity and experimental fracture techniques. The new revised edition of the handbook includes, among other things, one new chapter on digital image processing; key sections of the handbook have been entirely rewritted or updated. The handbook should be useful to any mechanical engineer or anyone interested in stress analysis of materials.
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TL;DR: The design of a automated system for photoelastic analysis of complex components and the potential of the system for providing detailed data over the full field of view is demonstrated by the analysis of a slice from a model of a bolt.
Abstract: The design of a automated system for photoelastic analysis of complex components is described, and an outline of the theory used in its operation is given. The potential of the system for providing detailed data over the full field of view is demonstrated by the analysis of a slice from a model of a bolt.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the half-fringe photoelasticity (HFP) method is proposed for whole-field stress analysis based on a symbiosis of two techniques, namely classical photo elasticity and modern digital image analysis.
Abstract: This paper presents a new method for whole-field stress analysis based on a symbiosis of two techniques—classical photoelasticity and modern digital image analysis. The resulting method is called ‘half-fringe photoelasticity (HFP)’. Classical photoelasticity demands materials with high birefringence, which leads to extensive use of plastics as model materials. Since the behavior of these materials is often different from that of the prototype materials, their use distorts the similitude relationships. In many contemporary problems this distortion is untenable. HFP offers a way out of this dilemma. It permits materials and loads to be chosen so that no more than one half of a fringe order appears in the area of interest. Thus, for example, glass, which behaves linearly up to high stress levels and over a wide range of temperatures, could be used as model material. Alternatively, models from polymeric materials could be used under very low load in order to stay within the linear part of the stress-strain diagram and to prevent large deformations. The half-fringe-photoelasticity system, which is described here, utilizes the resulting low levels of birefringence for effective stress analysis. This paper describes the system. It outlines a calibration routine and illustrates its application to two simple problems using glass models.
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"Towards RGB photoelasticity: Full-f..." refers background or methods in this paper
...The intensity eqs ( 9 ) and (10) can be used to evaluate A only if the Fi functions, the transfer function of the digital board (relationship between the RGB values and intensity values L Ig and Ib), the dispersion of birefringence and the isoclinic angle ~ are known....
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...The equations of polariscope ( 9 ) and (10) show that the influence of errors e of optical retarders depends on the isoclinic angle cx; there is maximum error where c~ = 0 deg (principal stresses parallel to polarizers), whereas no error occurs where a -- 45 deg (principal stresses parallel to retarders)....
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...For lower orders, using eqs ( 9 ) and (10) allows us to evaluate the unknown retardation A (or 8) by processing of the acquired RGB levels....
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01 Jan 1986
TL;DR: In the following a method is proposed, which enables the complete extraction of photoelastic information at local picture elements (pixel) from series of related images of the same stress state, and was modified to meet the special requirements ofphotoelastic patterns.
Abstract: Computer-aided methods for evaluation of photoelastic patterns use video technique and digital image processing. They are based on localization of fringe centers [ 1, 2, 3, 4]. Neighbourhood operations are needed to reduce the influence of nonuniform illumination, inhomogeneous optical components and models, etc. Fractional orders of the relative retardation and of the isoclinic parameter at points between the fringes are computed by spline- functions, if the components of the plane stress state have to be derived from photoelastic data. In the following a method is proposed, which enables the complete extraction of photoelastic information at local picture elements (pixel) from series of related images of the same stress state. For this purpose the well-established phase-shifting technique (see e. g. [ 5,6]) was modified to meet the special requirements of photoelastic patterns.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a new method of photoelastic measurement has been developed, where the light emerging from a polariscope is spectrally separated and projected on a photodiode array.
Abstract: A new method of photoelastic measurement has been developed. The light emerging from a polariscope is spectrally separated and projected on a photodiode array. It is shown that the relative retardation can be retrieved from light intensity measured at several wavelengths. Key parameters affecting the precision of this approach are discussed and evaluated.
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