Back مرونة ضوئية Arabic Fotoelasticitat Catalan Spannungsoptik German Fotoelasticidad Spanish فوتو الاستیسیته Persian Photoélasticimétrie French Fótaileaisteachas Irish פוטואלסטיות HE Fotoelastisitas ID Fotoelasticità Italian
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In materials science, photoelasticity describes changes in the optical properties of a material under mechanical deformation. It is a property of all dielectric media and is often used to experimentally determine the stress distribution in a material.