1995 / Solid Freeform Fabrication Proceedings
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Author W. Steinchen, B. Kramer, G. Kupfer, Universitat Gesamthochschule Kassel
Source Solid Freeform Fabrication Proceedings, 1995, pp 204-212
Abstract Stereolithography is not only ideal to study the function and the design of a simple or complex component but also for stress and strain analysis by means of photoelasticity. The basis for using Stereolithography components is the birefringent property of the photopolymers, which has been discovered in 1991 in the Lab of photoelasticity and Holography. Therefore, a few acrylate and epoxy resins developed by Ciba-Geigy were calibrated and compared with the most commonly used resin, Araldite B (manufactured by Ciba-Geigy, too). The experience shows that static and dynamic photoelasfic investigations by using the new STT resins are possible. The time saving for photoelastic investigations amounts to values about 10 months and the cost saving is equivalent to 90%. (Auth abstract) [References: 12]
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