Abstract
Three-dimensional stress distribution in a model of the human ankle joint under static loading has been measured nondestructively in real time by using the scattered-light polarizer photoelastic method with depolarized incident light. The maximum shear stress distribution in the interior of the model is obtained by optical slicing with the incident light sheets. The stress pattern in the interior of the model can be examined visually as contour lines of the maximum shear stress distribution as well as in 2-D plane-light photoelasticity.
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