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This paper deals with various applications of newly developed photoelastic gages for strain measurements on metallic and nonmetallic structural members. Simplicity of application and direct indication of the magnitude and the directions of the principal strains in biaxial-stress fields are some of the merits of photoelastic strain gages.
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Joseph Schwaighofer was associated with Department of Engineering Mechanics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa., at time that paper was prepared.
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Schwaighofer, J. Applications of photoelastic strain gages. Experimental Mechanics 1, 198–202 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02322960
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02322960