Robert D. Anderson 2004
Photoelastic stress in transparent plastic mouldings
Colourless transparent plastic mouldings viewed in white light through polariscope apparatus producing colourful interference pattern due to stress trapped in the injection moulded plastic as it solidified rapidly.
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