Photo-Elastic Disks (IMAGE)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

Photo-Elastic Disks

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Top: a photo-elastic disk at rest (left) and squeezed (right). Bottom: photo-elastic disks during an experiment. Granular force chains appear as multicolour bands on the surface of the disks. These photos are taken using a polarized lens.

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