An experimental method based on optical interferometry is applied to find the deflected shape of gridworks subjected to lateral loads
These experimental results are compared with results obtained by moment distribution calculations and by the use of the equivalent elastic constants of Horvay and Malkin
The technique itself, which has been developed by one of the authors as a general experimental method of studying the flexure of thin elastic plates, has been described in the accompanying paper
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