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Digital image correlation (DIC) is an increasingly popular and effective non-contact method for measuring full-field displacements and strains of deformable bodies under load. Current DIC methods applied to bodies undergoing large displacements and rotations require a large measurement area for both the reference (i.e., undeformed) image and the deformed images. This can limit the resulting resolution of the displacement and strain fields. To address this issue, we propose a two-stage dynamic DIC method capable of measuring displacements and strains under material convection with high resolution. During the first stage, the reference image is assembled from smaller, high-resolution images of the undeformed object obtained using a spatially-fixed or moving frame. Following capture, each sub-image is rigidly translated and rotated into its appropriate place, thereby producing a full, high-resolution image of the reference body. In stage two, images of the loaded and deformed body, again obtained using a small camera frame with high resolution, are aligned with matching regions of the undeformed composite image using BRISK feature detection before performing DIC.We demonstrate the method on a contact problem whereby an elastomeric roller travels along a rigid surface. In doing so, we obtain fine resolution measurements of the state of strain of the region of the roller sidewall in contact with the substrate, even as new material convects through the region of interest. We present these measurements as a series of images and videos capturing strain evolution as the roller transitions from static loads to a fully dynamic steady-state, documenting the effectiveness of the method.
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Application of Digital Image Correlation (DIC) to the Measurement of Strain Concentration of a PVA Dual-Crosslink Hydrogel Under Large Deformation
Hydrogels are a class of soft, highly deformable materials formed by swelling a network of polymer chains in water. With mechanical properties that mimic biological materials, hydrogels are often proposed for load bearing biomedical or other applications in which their deformation and failure properties will be important. To study the failure of such materials a means for the measurement of deformation fields beyond simple uniaxial tension tests is required. As a non-contact, full-field deformation measurement method, Digital Image Correlation (DIC) is a good candidate for such studies. The application of DIC to hydrogels is studied here with the goal of establishing the accuracy of DIC when applied to hydrogels in the presence of large strains and large strain gradients. Experimental details such as how to form a durable speckle pattern on a material that is 90% water are discussed. DIC is used to measure the strain field in tension loaded samples containing a central hole, a circular edge notch and a sharp crack. Using a nonlinear, large deformation constitutive model, these experiments are modeled using the finite element method (FEM). Excellent agreement between FEM and DIC results for all three geometries shows that the DIC measurements are accurate up to strains of over 10, even in the presence of very high strain gradients near a crack tip. The method is then applied to verify a theoretical prediction that the deformation field in a cracked sample under relaxation loading, i.e. constant applied boundary displacement, is stationary in time even as the stress relaxes by a factor of three.
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- Award ID(s):
- 1537087
- PAR ID:
- 10109914
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Experimental Mechanics
- ISSN:
- 0014-4851
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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