μDIC: An open-source toolkit for digital image correlation

We here present a Digital Image Correlation toolkit, formulated as a Python package. This package aims at providing a complete toolkit for performing DIC analysis on experimental data, performing virtual experiments, as well as a framework for further development. A suite of tools for generating syn...

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Main Authors: Sindre Nordmark Olufsen, Marius Endre Andersen, Egil Fagerholt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:SoftwareX
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352711019301967
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Summary:We here present a Digital Image Correlation toolkit, formulated as a Python package. This package aims at providing a complete toolkit for performing DIC analysis on experimental data, performing virtual experiments, as well as a framework for further development. A suite of tools for generating synthetic speckle images, modelling of sensor artefacts and deformation of images by displacement fields, are included. The virtual experiments are used as a part of the accuracy assessment of the toolkit as well as for testing during development. B-spline elements are employed for the discretisation of the displacement fields and allow the polynomial order and degree of continuity to be controlled by the user.
ISSN:2352-7110