Lab 20: Photoelasticity Photoclastoityis used to detemine te stress disbibuton in birefringent pastes, such as polycarbonate. This experiment uses the dear polycarbonate beams from te PASCO Sbuctues System. Two crossed polaaing sheets ae placed in frontof,and behind, he tlearbeam. When ilumnated from behind (see Fig. 1) by abrght hte igh, fonges become vile. A compact Muorescentlam Note: Youvil need to cut each beam to alength of about 10 em, 0 that tit fitbetwoen the drve sereve. iy [items Pont 1 [Maieals Testing Machine (NE-8236 4 [Bending Accessory ME.8257 1 |Fou-Point Load An ME-8249 1 |Photoelastcy Accessory |MES261 Additonal Heme Used: Bright White Light WebCam Figure 1: Viewing sess inNote: The ME-8237 Bending Accessory consists ofthe upper single point) oad anvil andthe lower base vi the two supportanvis.Inthis ab, you wiluse the (ME-#248 Load Anvil instead of te single pont avi supple wih the ME-8237, 1. The FourPoint Load Anil sticks up trough the cross-tead an is heldin place by the knurled cap nut. The base (forthe support anvis) fastens drect tote oad cel using the to cap screws, See Figure 2 2. Adjust the iower anil spacing tobe three tines the upperanvi spacing. Use ‘alpers to make tis algnment a accurate as posse, and center the upper anv bemeen the lover, ake Polaizr lv Figure 2, FourPoint Load Anvi eal 2, Place the beam across the support anvis as shown in Figure 2. 4, The two polarwing sheets Veleo directly onto he ctossnead, as show in Figure 3. Note that te onentaton of he Velero is such athe two polarzers are crossed Figure 3. Crossed Polarzers4, Poston the av sot i jet tering the bpp of he bean 2 Start wearing an ake da upto 200 N ‘anetrnges appear ate olf ari onac(re of high sess) ond move Irthara ae thages preset baore loading, tis pre-stess is rom ne noting process snathowe Mages rouldbe groves 4, Record the fore a ese new 95N5. Whats te rlatonstip between the applied force and he numberof finges? 6. siti Answers, ‘The graph is approximately near, athough falls off abitat he upperend. This is ypical The ‘raph shows about SON per fnge. Te photo shown heres asnapshet from te video ataforce of 98N, labeled te four fenges forthe lover half ofthe beam where the plaste under tension. You coud also label the top fourtnges where the plas s under compression ESE Senay)For Furter Susy 1. Tryaneaing the beam to eliminate the presiress ines 2. Replace the ME-9249 Load Anvi wth the shgle pot anil supplied wit te 'Me-8237, and perfor thee-pomt bending, 3. Use onty one ower anv positioned direcly below the upper anil. The fringes: fomed we ths type of dametre compression are casero analyze 4. Dilla hole in the beam, oreuta notch in he edge 5. Tryrotatng the polarizers, Keep them crossed at G0", and rota together Investigate te diference between sochromates and isocincs. “Twe-point (fiameti) Compression