THE SOUTHAMPTON EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS COURSE

Course notes for the 2019 Experimental Mechanics course

1-5 April 2019 at the University of Southampton

Overview and timetable

• Timetable
• Overview presentation
• Overview notes

Pre-assignment

• Brazilian disc pre-assignment
• Pre-assignment presentation

Test machines and strain gauges

• Test machines presentation
• Strain gauges presentation

White light imaging, DIC and grid method

• White light imaging presentation
• DIC presentation
• DIC course notes
• Grid method presentation
• Uncertainty quantification in DIC presentation
• DIC LaVision DaVis presentation

Some relevant reads on DIC and grid method

• Phil Reu's ET series on DIC
• High magnification DIC
• Lock-in DIC
• Speckle assessment
• DIC course 2018
• Review paper on the grid method
• Online ressources on the grid method
• Grid method GUI

Data analysis and filtering

• Data analysis and filtering presentation
• The Virtual Fields Method presentation

Related papers

• The Guide on Uncertainty Measurement (GUM)
• List of VFM references
• Endnote library file
• Endnote library database

Thermography and TSA

• Infrared thermography presentation
• Thermoelastic stress analysis (TSA) presentation
• Application of thermography presentation
• High speed thermography presentation

Notes and references

• Notes on infrared thermography
• Notes on thermoelastic stress analysis (TSA)
• Book chapter on TSA
• References on TSA
• Useful papers on TSA and thermography applications/combining TSA and DIC

High speed imaging and ESPI

• High speed imaging presentation
• Speckle interferometry (ESPI) presentation

Lab classes

• Lab classes

Final assignment

Assignment details

• Coursework assignment

Help material

• Camera setup lab slides
• Data processing for TSA
• Specimen drawings