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The following three images illustrate the strain on a composite femur with paint-on photoelastic coating loaded with simple bending. The specimen was put in simple compression so that the moment arm of the femoral head caused the bending.
0 Degree Plane
45 Degree Plane
Application of Paint-on Photoelastic Coating
For more information on coating application see the Specimen Preparation section of the On-line GFP 1000 Tutorial.
