Photomechanics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rastogi, Pramod K. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2000.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2000.
• Series: Topics in Applied Physics, 77
• Subjects: Lasers.; Photonics.; Engineering.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.; Engineering, general.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.

Photomechanics describes the use of photonics techniques for the nondestructive measurement of variations in certain important physical quantities such as displacements, strains, densities, etc. in experimental solid mechanics and flow. Offering authoritative reviews by internationally recognized ex...

Table of Contents:

• Optics for Engineers
• to Engineering Mechanics
• Fringe Analysis
• Principles of Holographic Interferometry and Speckle Metrology
• Moiré Methods for Engineering and Science - Moiré Interferometry and Shadow Moiré
• Digital Photoelasticity
• Optical Fiber Strain Sensing in Engineering Mechanics
• Long-Gage Fiber-Optic Sensors for Structural Monitoring
• Techniques for Non-Birefringent Objects: Coherent Shearing Interferometry and Caustics
• Advances in Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Computer Vision
• Laser Doppler and Pulsed Laser Velocimetry in Fluid Mechanics
• Surface Characterization and Roughness Measurement in Engineering.