PHOTOMECHANICAL MODEL ANALYSIS OF CONCRETE STRUCTURES

THE FIELD OF PHOTOMECHANICS, THE STUDY OF MATERIAL BEHAVIOR BY MEANS OF POLARIZED LIGHT, HAS UNDERGONE CONSIDERABLE DEVELOPMENT IN RECENT YEARS. FULL FIELD STATIC AND DYNAMIC STRAIN MEASUREMENTS ARE NOW POSSIBLE EVEN AT THE SURFACE OF OPAQUE MATERIALS. THE RANGE OF AVAILABLE THREE-DIMENSIONAL METHODS ALLOWS SOLUTION OF SUCH COMPLEX PROBLEMS AS DYNAMIC STRESS DISTRIBUTION IN COMPOSITE MODELS. DESCRIPTIONS OF THESE TECHNIQUES AND THEIR RELEVANCE TO THE MODEL ANALYSIS OF REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES ARE PRESENTED. ILLUSTRATION IS PROVIDED BY EXAMPLES FROM CURRENT WORK OF THE WRITER AND FROM CRITICAL REVIEW OF RECENT LITERATURE. /ACI/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • No 24, TitlE NO SP 24-8
• Authors:
  • Mark, R
• Publication Date: 1970

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Am Concrete Inst Special Pub

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete structures; Deformation curve; Dynamic tests; Fracture mechanics; Materials tests; Photoelasticity; Polarized light; Reinforced concrete; Static tests; Structural models
• Uncontrolled Terms: Model tests
• Old TRIS Terms: Photoelastic studies
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00209283
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Am Concrete Inst Journal & Proceedings
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 5 1970 12:00AM