The mechanical properties of polymers are becoming increasingly important as they are
used in structural applications, both on their own and as matrix materials for composites. It …

Full‐field optical measurements like digital image correlation or the grid method have
brought a paradigm shift in the experimental mechanics community. While inverse …

The grid method is a technique suitable for the measurement of in‐plane displacement and
strain components on specimens undergoing a small deformation. It relies on a regular …

With the advent of camera‐based full‐field measurement techniques such as digital image
correlation (DIC), researchers have been trying to exploit such rich data sets through the use …

The rate-sensitive properties of ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) subjected to
flexural and direct tensile loads were investigated. Dynamic flexural tests were performed by …

The virtual fields method is an approach to inversely identify material parameters using full-
field deformation data. In this manuscript, a new set of automatically-defined virtual fields for …

Dynamic stress–strain response of rigid closed-cell polymeric foams is investigated in this
work by subjecting high toughness polyurethane foam specimens to direct impact with …

Polymeric foams are used for impact protection due to their ability to absorb large amounts
of strain energy. In this work, the compressive response of an open cell polyurethane foam …

Digital image correlation is utilized to characterize deformation and strain fields developed
within the layers of density-graded multilayered foam structures subjected to uniaxial quasi …

Producing dynamic ruptures in the laboratory allows us to study fundamental characteristics
of interface dynamics. Our laboratory earthquake experimental setup has been successfully …