Advancement of Optical Methods in Experimental Mechanics, Volume 3: Proceedings of the 2014 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the third volume of eight from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on a wide range of optical methods ranging from traditional photoelasticity and interferometry to more recent DIC and DVC techniques, and includes papers in the following general technical research areas:
Advanced optical methods for frontier applications
Advanced optical interferometry
Optical measurement systems using polarized light
Optical methods for advanced manufacturing
Digital image correlation
Optical methods at the micro/nano-scale
Three-dimensional imaging and volumetric correlation
Imaging methods for thermomechanics applications
Opto-acoustical methods in experimental mechanics
Optical measurements in challenging environments
Optical methods for inverse problems
Advances in optical methods.