Abstract
The objective of this paper is to describe photoelastic analysis method used in the determination of the stress distribution produced by shearing loads in JIS test specimen standardized of shear tests for concrete. Apparatus and procedure for both push-off test and anti-symmetric shear test are outlined, and test results for one of the shear tests investigated are compared with analytic predictions. The experimental results for boundary stress and the map of directions of principal stress over the entire area are in fairly close agreement with wire strain gage and brittle coating method.
