The following three images illustrate the strain on an aluminum ring with paste-on photoelastic coating in diameteral compression. All ring images were acquired with the GFP 1000 Strain Measurement System using DeltaVision Software.

Shear 0

Shear on 0 Degree Plane

Shear 45

Shear on 45 Degree Plane

Shear Max

Maximum Shear and Direction



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