A historical review of moiré interferometry

@article{citeulike:3024703, abstract = {Abstract\ \ High sensitivity moir\'{e} interferometry is now a technique in fairly general use. Its development arose from the efforts of a number of workers over a period of nearly 40 years. This progress is reviewed in the ligh of the individual contributions that have led to the presentday accurate and user-friendly systems. In the first instance, the story is related in approximate chronological order; the contributions of individuals and groups are outlined in more detail in a series of appendices.It will become apparent that moir\'{e} has not developed in a smooth, linear fashion—rather, a number of people reacted to the problems they were asked to solve, in a particular manner, and using methods and equipment available at the time. This view of the progress of science and technology as the creation of a climate of opinion and opportunity is very much in line with modern analyses of the history of science.}, author = {Walker, Colin }, citeulike-article-id = {3024703}, doi = {10.1007/BF02325143}, journal = {Experimental Mechanics}, keywords = {history, moire}, month = {December}, number = {4}, pages = {281--299}, posted-at = {2008-07-21 16:29:22}, priority = {2}, title = {A historical review of moir\'{e} interferometry}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02325143}, volume = {34}, year = {1994} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3024703 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3024703 TI - A historical review of moiré interferometry JF - Experimental Mechanics VL - 34 IS - 4 SP - 281 EP - 299 N2 - Abstract  High sensitivity moiré interferometry is now a technique in fairly general use. Its development arose from the efforts of a number of workers over a period of nearly 40 years. This progress is reviewed in the ligh of the individual contributions that have led to the presentday accurate and user-friendly systems. In the first instance, the story is related in approximate chronological order; the contributions of individuals and groups are outlined in more detail in a series of appendices.It will become apparent that moiré has not developed in a smooth, linear fashion—rather, a number of people reacted to the problems they were asked to solve, in a particular manner, and using methods and equipment available at the time. This view of the progress of science and technology as the creation of a climate of opinion and opportunity is very much in line with modern analyses of the history of science. KW - history KW - moire AU - Walker, Colin PY - 1994/12/17/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02325143 ER -