Applications of the Optical Method of Caustics to the Study of Viscoelastic Dynamic Fracture and Static Blunt Crack Fronts

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.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Dickerson, Kevin Lee

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kim, Kyung S.,

• Applied Mechanics

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8803019

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/71695