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photoelasticity
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photoelasticity [ˌfəʊtəʊɪlæˈstɪsɪtɪ]
n
(Physics / General Physics) the effects of stress, such as double refraction, on the optical properties of transparent materials


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CONCLUSIONS In the discovery of the photoelastic effect in glass at least three scientists--Arago, Seebeck and Brewster--played an important role.
It will be shown later that the photoelastic effect overwhelms the features of the sample cured both in the liquid crystalline and in the isotropic phase.
 
 
 
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