New Delhi: As per the latest updates, IIT Madras has commercialised four revolutionary software tools in the domain of photoelastic analysis and simulation through an industrial partner, Online Solutions (Imaging) Pvt Ltd to enable their use in a variety of industries.
As per IIT Madras, these four software packages are licensed to business and include processing tools namely, DigiTFP®, PSIF, and DigiPhoto created by Prof K Ramesh. It aims for photoelastic analysis built around digital photoelastic techniques developed over three decades that can be utilised by other researchers.
Along with new uses in industrial, civil, mechanical, and medical engineering, Photo elasticity provides revolutionary uses in agriculture, medicine, and the identification of flaws in 3D electronics.
According to a news release from IIT Madras, it's the first all-inclusive program for instruments for experimentally oriented photoelastic stress analysis. Utilising the program, they can accurately interpret recorded photos to draw significant findings from their research.
The development of digital computers and imaging technology has significantly altered photoelastic stress analysis. And up until now, there hasn't been a complete software framework to use this method to apply such breakthroughs in research labs and enterprises.
"The approach of photoelasticity is becoming more prevalent in multiple fields such as dentistry, prosthetic development, creation of an epidural injection needle, enhancement of material analysing, stresses in 3D electronics in addition to numerous mechanical and aerospace projects involving stress analysis," Prof. Ramesh explained.
For the purpose of licensing these computer program packages, IIT Madras and Online Solutions (Imaging) Private Limited Chennai reached a licensing and revenue-sharing arrangement. On March 20, 2023 a contract was executed for the same.
Informing about this initiative, Mr K. Senthil Kumar, Director of Operations, Online Solutions (Imaging) Pvt Ltd said, "We are extremely honoured to be partnered with IIT in the distribution of these exclusive and important software modules."
According to K Mahesh, Chair Professor of Department of Applied Mechanics at IIT Madras, there are currently no software tools that study the photoelastic technique, despite its experimental methodology for validating the answer from computational methods.
“It is not just one problem but the focus has been to develop a complete package for a technique in all its completeness. It is akin to developing a finite element package that is used for numerical solutions by solving appropriate differential equations”, he added.
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