Current Projects

 

 

 

 

 

Between 2003-2006, a European consortium, known as SPOTS, developed a draft proposed TTA for optical techniques used to measure static strain fields.  A new European consortium, known as ADVISE was formed in December 2008 to perform pre-normative research in field of dynamic stress and strain analysis.  Further details on ADVISE can be obtained from the Project Coordinator, Dr Erwin Hack or the Technical Coordinator, Dr Eann Patterson

 

 

 

 

 

ADVISE

 

 

 

 

Objectives

·       development of reference materials that allow traceability and calibration of full-field optical methods of deformation measurement in cyclic, transient and non-linear dynamic events;

·       optimisation of methodologies for both optical measurement and computational modelling and simulation of non-linear, transient dynamic events;

·       contributions to standardisation activity for experimental validation of dynamic simulations.

 

Innovation

The innovative aspects of the project include the first attempt to provide a unified approach to experimental validation of engineering simulations of primary structures, the development of reference materials for optical dynamic deformation measurement, and a major contribution to standardisation through VAMAS TWA 26 which has thus far focused on static measurements.

 

 

 

 

 

Project abstract