Applications of the Optical Method of Caustics to the Study of Viscoelastic Dynamic Fracture and Static Blunt Crack Fronts
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description: The opto-mechanical relation, as used in the optical methods of photoelasticity and caustics, are extended to linearly viscoelastic materials. The Maxwell-Neumann relation for the stress-optic constants, which is good for linearly elastic behavior, is replaced by an expression derived from the Clausius-Mosotti-Lorentz-Lorenz (CMLL) equation. The opto-mechanical relation is given explicitly in terms of the mechanical and dielectric properties of the material. In the limiting case of elastic behavior, the present result is consistent with the Maxwell-Neumann relation. Approximations to the CMLL equation are discussed and compared with experiment.
abstract: The opto-mechanical relation, as used in the optical methods of photoelasticity and caustics, are extended to linearly viscoelastic materials. The Maxwell-Neumann relation for the stress-optic constants, which is good for linearly elastic behavior, is replaced by an expression derived from the Clausius-Mosotti-Lorentz-Lorenz (CMLL) equation. The opto-mechanical relation is given explicitly in terms of the mechanical and dielectric properties of the material. In the limiting case of elastic behavior, the present result is consistent with the Maxwell-Neumann relation. Approximations to the CMLL equation are discussed and compared with experiment.
author: Dickerson, Kevin Lee
keywords: Applied Mechanics
date published: 2014-12-16T19:12:39Z
date modified: 2026-07-22T22:26:05Z
provider: University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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source organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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