VFM book in press

The book entitled: The Virtual Fields Methods, by F. Pierron and M. Grédiac (Springer New-York) is now in press. It should be released in February 2012 and is already announced online on Springer's website

CAMFIT

A new version of camfit is now available (v 1.4, January 2011). It is now an executable Matlab program which makes the running easier and independent of packages and versions. The software is released under the GNU public license. Please check the "Download Camfit" page.

Training sessions

• BSSM course on experimental mechanics
  The Virtual Fields Method was presented and applied at the BSSM course on experimental mechanics held in Southampton 4-8 April 2011.

Recent seminars

• Beijing University of Technology (China), 21 October 2011 (Prof. Pengwan Chen, Shock Physics/Chemistry group)
• Tsinghua University (China), 21 October 2011 (Prof. Huimin Xie)
• Bath University (UK), 7 April 2011 (Dr Richard Butler)
• Southampton University (UK), 1 April 2011 (Prof. Janice Barton)
• Ecole Centrale de Nantes (FR), 10 March 2011 (Prof. Arnaud Poitou / Dr Ramzi Othman)
• Aalborg University (DK), January 2011 (Prof. Ole Thybo Thomsen)
• Oxford University (UK), May 2010 (Dr Clive Siviour)
• University of Exeter (UK), March 2010 (Dr Chris Smith)
• University of South Carolina (USA), February 2010 (Prof. Mike Sutton)
• University of Texas at Arlington (USA), February 2010 (Prof. Erian Armanios)