Abstract
A laser interferometer system is used to record two mutually perpendicular diffraction gratings on a photoresist coated specimen. When either grating is re-illuminated by the fringe pattern used to form it, real-time observations can be made of moiré fringes corresponding to surface displacements which occur as a tensile load is applied to the specimen. The technique has been used to study the in-plane deformations of carbon-fibre composites, and typical results are given.

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