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Overview of Identification Methods of Mechanical Parameters Based on Full-field Measurements

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This article reviews recently developed methods for constitutive parameter identification based on kinematic full-field measurements, namely the finite element model updating method (FEMU), the constitutive equation gap method (CEGM), the virtual fields method (VFM), the equilibrium gap method (EGM) and the reciprocity gap method (RGM). Their formulation and underlying principles are presented and discussed. These identification techniques are then applied to full-field experimental data obtained on four different experiments, namely (i) a tensile test, (ii) the Brazilian test, (iii) a shear-flexural test, and (iv) a biaxial test. Test (iv) features a non-uniform damage field, and hence non-uniform equivalent elastic properties, while tests (i), (ii) and (iii) deal with the identification of uniform anisotropic elastic properties. Tests (ii), (iii) and (iv) involve non-uniform strain fields in the region of interest.

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  1. LMPF, ENSAM, Chalons en Champagne, France

    Stéphane Avril (SEM Member) & Fabrice Pierron (SEM Member)

  2. Laboratoire de Mécanique des Solides, Ecole Polytechnique, F-Palaiseau cedex, France

    Marc Bonnet

  3. CMGD, Ecole des Mines d’Alès, Alès, France

    Anne-Sophie Bretelle & Patrick Ienny

  4. LAMI, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France

    Michel Grédiac (SEM Member)

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    François Hild

  6. LMGC, Université Montpelier II, Montpellier, France

    Félix Latourte & Stéphane Pagano

  7. LMR, INSA Rouen, Rouen, France

    Didier Lemosse & Emmanuel Pagnacco

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Avril, S., Bonnet, M., Bretelle, AS. et al. Overview of Identification Methods of Mechanical Parameters Based on Full-field Measurements. Exp Mech 48, 381–402 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11340-008-9148-y

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