Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Mechanical Engineering 2 7 2014 10 17 Stress Analysis of a Rotating Body by Means of Photostress Method and Using Solidworks Programme 226 230 EN Ján Kostka Technical University of Košice, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Košice, Slovakia Peter Frankovsky František Trebuňa Miroslav Pástor František Šimčák AJME20142711 10.12691/ajme-2-7-11 2014 09 02 2014 09 17 2014 10 17 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.