Which mechanism allows stress analysis via photoelastic materials?

💡 Explanation

Stress-induced birefringence is the mechanism where stress changes a material’s refractive index, generating polarized light. Because the level of polarization corresponds to stress concentration, therefore birefringence reveals stress, rather than Doppler or Raman effects which involve frequency shifts.

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