Presenting the use of photonics techniques for measurement in mechanics, this book provides a state-of-the-art review of this active and rapidly growing field. It serves as an invaluable resource for readers to explore the current status and includes a wealth of information on the essential principles and methods. It provides a substantial background in a concise and simple way to enable physicists and engineers to assess, analyze and implement experimental systems needed to solve their specific measurement problems.
Photomechanics
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.