Caustics and quasiconformality. A new method for the evaluation of stress singularities

Theocaris, PS; Makrakis, GN

dc.contributor.author	Theocaris, PS	en
dc.contributor.author	Makrakis, GN	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:07:23Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:07:23Z
dc.date.issued	1989	en
dc.identifier.issn	00442275	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/9976
dc.subject	Optical Mapping	en
dc.title	Caustics and quasiconformality. A new method for the evaluation of stress singularities	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1007/BF00945015	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00945015	en
heal.publicationDate	1989	en
heal.abstract	The relation between the optical mapping of caustics and the function-theoretic concept of quasiconformality is investigated. Utilizing this relation, an experimental technique for the evaluation of the order of singularity for singular elastic fields was developed. In particular, the mapping of an infinitesimal circle onto an infinitesimal ellipse by means of the (pseudo)caustics, provides the unique possibility of directly evaluating the stress singularity by experimental means. © 1989 Birkhäuser Verlag.	en
heal.publisher	Birkhäuser-Verlag	en
heal.journalName	ZAMP Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Physik	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1007/BF00945015	en
dc.identifier.volume	40	en
dc.identifier.issue	3	en
dc.identifier.spage	410	en
dc.identifier.epage	424	en