MAE 244 - DATA SHEET LAB-4: Photoelasticity

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Experiment 1. Tensile test for estimation of stress concentration (Dark field, N=0,1, 2,…. ) _
Material Stress Fringe Constant: fσ = 74.5 lb/in
Specimen Dimensions: thickness, h=
Gross width, w=
Net width, d=
Notch Radius, r=

Applied Load #1:

Fringe Number Distance to the edge Stress

Applied Load #2:

Fringe Number Distance to the edge Stress

Experiment 2. Four-Point Beam Bending_(Bright field, =±0.5, ±1.5, ±2.5…)

Material Stress Fringe Constant: f= 93 lb/in
Dimensions: Thickness, b = height, h =

distance between two lower supports, L 2 = distance between two upper supports, L1 =

Horizontal distance between upper and lower supports, d =

applied load, P=
Pd 1
the moment acting is M  Moment of Inertia, I  bh 3
2 12
Fringe Distance from Theory Stress, Experiment Percent
Number beam center, y = yM/I Stress, Difference
( in ) = Nf /b
-2.5

-1.5
Beam
-0.5
(Load=)
0.5

1.5

2.5