A comprehensive review is given of methods to determine the stress intensity factor at crack
tips using thermoelastic stress analysis. In order to obtain accurate results a number of areas …

The theory of thermoelastic stress analysis is reviewed and the implications of some
theoretical developments are assessed. Available instrumentation is described and …

Degree: Dr. DegreeYear: 1997 Institute: Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (The
Netherlands) Publisher: Eindhoven University Of Technology, PO Box 513, 5600 Mb …

Stress analysis by thermoelastic techniques has become a growing field since the
application of sensitive infra-red measuring devices in the late 1960s. It is commonly …

Stress changes in an elastic solid are accompanied by small temperature changes which
are directly related to the stress change. This phenomenon (referred to as the “thermoelastic …

This study compares the stress-measurement sensitivity of several commercially available
vanadium-oxide microbolometers to a scientific grade cooled indium antimonide imager …

A new instrument capable of the full-field separation of principal stresses on the surface of a
component is presented. The instrument combines the techniques of thermoelastic stress …

Traditional thermoelastic stress analysis (TSA) presupposes that the structure being
analyzed is cyclically loaded at a constant amplitude and frequency. This approach typically …

A novel development of the thermoelastic stress analysis (TSA) technique for testing
mechanical components under the random load condition is presented. The method …

A state-of-the-art thermographic system has been developed based on a 512× 512 focal-
plane array thermal imager. The system, dubbed FAST (for focal-plane array for …