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A COMPACT TABLE-TOP
POLARISCOPE: DESIGN AND
EVALUATION
Pichet Pinit* Thongsuk Naiyo and Theerawoot Pomsuwan
Department of Mechanical Technology Education
Faculty of Industrial Education and Technology
King Mongkuts University of Technology Thonburi
Bangkok, Thailand 10140
E-mail: pichet.pin@kmutt.ac.th

ABSTRACT
A polariscope is important equipment in the study of (digital) photoelasticity. It
visually explores the stress field of a body under an external force. This paper
presents a construction of a plane polariscope to enhance students learning in
relevant course such as (advanced) mechanics of materials, theory of
elasticity, photoelasticity, and other related topics to the stress. The developed
polariscope is compact and consists of monochromatic and white light
sources: light emitting diode (LED) and computer monitor (LCD type),
photoelastic model, polarizer and analyzer. It works simply on the table in
classroom or laboratory. Qualitative comparison between the images of stress
field given from the developed polariscope and those form the standard one is
of acceptability. Further, results of quality evaluation from 4 experts and
satisfactory evaluation from 25 participants reveal that the polariscope has
overall good quality and participants are satisfactory.

KEYWORDS
plane polariscope, (digital) photoelasticity, image of stress field

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(applied mechanics)

(analytical stress analysis),
(experimental stress analysis),
(numerical or computational stress analysis)

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(white light)

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