Fwd: TODAY: IMAM Research Seminar at 12 noon (S/1.41)

A Research seminar of the Institute of Mechanics and Advanced Materials (IMAM)

You are invited to a research seminar
The Virtual Fields Method : a tool to extract materials constitutive parameters from full-field measurements
that will be given by Professor Fabrice Pierron (Engineering Sciences, University of Southampton)
Today at 12 noon in room S/1.41.

See an Abstract below.

Postgraduates and RAs are also warmly invited and encouraged to attend.

Regards

Feodor Borodich

The Virtual Fields Method : a tool to extract materials constitutive parameters from full-field measurements
Fabrice PIERRON
Engineering Sciences, University of Southampton,

 Abstract:
 
The fast development and diffusion of full-field deformation measurement techniques (such as digital image correlation, speckle interferometry etc.) has opened new prospects in the identification of the mechanical behaviour of materials. The research group led by Professor Fabrice Pierron has been active in this area for more than 15 years. In particular, an original identification method dedicated to full-field measurements has been in the centre of most of the developments in the group. This technique is called the Virtual Fields Method (VFM, www.camfit.fr).
 
The presentation will provide an overview of a vast range of applications of this methodology (static, vibrations, high strain rate) on different types of materials (composites, damaged materials, metals, welds, polymers, wood, foams etc...) to enhance the capabilities of the VFM and provide tracks for the future.
 
 Short bio:
 
Dr. Fabrice Pierron is currently Professor at the University of Southampton, UK. He graduated from ENSEM in Nancy, France, in 1989, and received his PhD from Lyon University, France, in 1994. He has held an Assistant Professor post at the Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne from 1994 to 1999, and was a Professor at Arts et Métiers ParisTech (Châlons-en-Champagne, France) before moving to his current position in Southampton in May 2012.
 
Prof. Pierron is an expert in mechanical testing of composite materials but has been focusing his research on the use of novel identification strategies based on full-field measurements and heterogeneous tests for the last fifteen years. In particular, he has been instrumental in the development of the Virtual Fields Method (www.camfit.fr). Prof. Pierron has published over 75 ISI referenced journal papers and co-authored about 200 conference communications. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of Strain (Wiley) and previously Associate Editor of Experimental Mechanics (Springer). He holds a Wolfson Research Merit Award from the Royal Society.