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International conference on full-field measurement techniques and their applications in experimental solid mechanics

Classical procedures used in experimental solid mechanics have been significantly modified by recent advances in optical measurement methods, image processing and infrared thermography. These full-field measurement techniques lead to high resolution displacement, strain and temperature maps which open new and attractive fields of investigation.

The purpose of the Photomechanics 2011 conference is to provide an international forum for academics and practitioners to promote the new possibilities offered by these techniques and to discuss their impact on the mechanical characterization of materials and structures. The Photomechanics 2011 conference follows on from the highly successful Photomechanics 2008 international conference, held in Loughborough, UK in July 2008, which attracted over 120 delegates from 17 different countries.

The conference themes are:

• development and application of techniques such as moiré interferometry, grid methods, photoelasticity, tomography, digital image correlation, speckle interferometry and digital holography in experimental solid mechanics
• comparison, benchmarking and identification of technique suitability for specific applications

• techniques for measurement on nano- and micro- lengthscales and application to micromechanics

• detection and characterization of cracks and damage

• infrared thermography and its application to thermoelasticity, damage and fatigue analysis

• stress and strain field analysis

• identification of the mechanical behaviour of materials and structures from full-field measurements including hybrid methods