eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Mechanical Engineering 2014-10-17 2 7 226 230 10.12691/ajme-2-7-11 AJME20142711 article Ján Kostka jan.kostka@tuke.sk 1 Peter Frankovsky 1 František Trebuňa 1 Miroslav Pástor 1 František Šimčák 1 Technical University of Košice, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Košice, Slovakia The paper is dedicated to the examination of stress states of a rotating body which occur due to centrifugal forces. In order to determine stress and stain distribution, photoelastic PhotoStress method was applied and a measurement device - polariscope LF/Z-2 was used. The sample under examination was subjected to loads of various magnitudes and, subsequently, recorded with a photographic device. For objective evaluation of detected results, the object under examination was modelled and simulated in programme SolidWorks 2012. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajme/2/7/11/ajme-2-7-11.pdf photostress method dynamic stress analysis photoelasticity isochromatic lines solidworks