Abstract
Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry (ESPI) provides a sensitive technique for measuring surface deformations. The technique involves comparison of the speckle phase angles within surface images measured before and after material deformation. This phase angle comparison requires that the speckle positions be consistent in all images. A lateral shift between image sets of just one pixel substantially degrades ESPI measurements, while a shift of two or more pixels typically causes complete decorrelation and compromises the measurement entirely. To prevent such rigid body motions, the specimen and the optical system must be rigidly fixed. This requirement typically impedes use of the ESPI method in applications outside laboratories or where it is necessary to remove the specimen from the optical setup between ESPI measurements. Here, Digital Image Correlation (DIC) is used to track speckle motion caused by specimen displacement between ESPI phase stepped image sets. The measured image set can then be mathematically shifted to restore the original speckle locations, thereby recorrelating the ESPI measurement. Examples are presented where ESPI measurements are successfully made with specimen shifts over 60 pixels.
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The authors sincerely thank American Stress Technologies, Cheswick, PA, and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) for their financial support of this research.
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Bingleman, L.W., Schajer, G.S. DIC-Based Surface Motion Correction for ESPI Measurements. Exp Mech 51, 1207–1216 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11340-010-9405-8
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