PT Journal
AU Kudasik, T
   Miechowicz, S
TI The Methodology of Application of Optically Sensitive Coatings in the Photoelastic Tests of Medical Models
SO Acta Mechanica Slovaca
PY 2012
BP 68
EP 74
VL 16
IS 4
DI 10.21496/ams.2012.043
DE Photoelastic coating method; medical model; cranial syndesmosis
AB The article describes the methodology of applying optically sensitive coatings on medical models, e.g. the models of the upper skull and cranial syndesmosis. The article also lists all of the most important problems that may occur during this process and the methods of solving them. Also, the new approach towards applying optically sensitive coating on the cranial syndesmosis models is introduced. The correct application of the coating is one of the most important issues of the photoelastic research, as it leads to the proper determination of the stress distribution in complex elements of medical models, such as models of the upper part of human skull.
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