A fast-Fourier-transform method of topography and interferometry is proposed. By computer processing of a noncontour type of fringe pattern, automatic discrimination is achieved between elevation and depression of the object or wave-front form, which has not been possible by the fringe-contour-generation techniques. The method has advantages over moire topography and conventional fringe-contour interferometry in both accuracy and sensitivity. Unlike fringe-scanning techniques, the method is easy to apply because it uses no moving components.

Fourier-transform method of fringe-pattern analysis for computer-based topography and interferometry

As a practical and effective tool for quantitative in-plane deformation measurement of a planar object surface, two-dimensional digital image correlation (2D DIC) is now widely accepted and commonly used in the field of experimental mechanics. It directly provides full-field displacements to sub-pixel accuracy and full-field strains by comparing the digital images of a test object surface acquired before and after deformation. In this review, methodologies of the 2D DIC technique for displacement field measurement and strain field estimation are systematically reviewed and discussed. Detailed analyses of the measurement accuracy considering the influences of both experimental conditions and algorithm details are provided. Measures for achieving high accuracy deformation measurement using the 2D DIC technique are also recommended. Since microscale and nanoscale deformation measurement can easily be realized by combining the 2D DIC technique with high-spatial-resolution microscopes, the 2D DIC technique should find more applications in broad areas.

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0957-0233/20/6/062001/pdf

Two-dimensional digital image correlation for in-plane displacement and strain measurement: a review

Fringe projection techniques: Whither we are?

Two-dimensional windowed Fourier transform for fringe pattern analysis: Principles, applications and implementations

Digital image correlation for surface deformation measurement: historical developments, recent advances and future goals

Shape measurement of small objects using LCD fringe projection with phase shifting

Noise robustness and parallel computation of the inverse compositional Gauss-Newton algorithm in digital image correlation

In industrial measurements and online monitoring, full-field and high-efficiency deformation analysis has been increasingly important and highly demanded in recent years. In this paper, a fast three-dimensional digital image correlation (3D-DIC) method was proposed to implement real-time measurement. Two improvements were suggested to accelerate the computation speed without sacrificing the accuracy. First, an efficient inverse compositional Gauss-Newton (IC-GN) algorithm was developed to avoid redundant computation. Moreover, a seed point-based parallel method was extended for 3D-DIC to achieve parallel computation and faster convergence speed. The detailed process of the real-time measurement using the proposed method was also introduced. Benefiting from the efficient IC-GN algorithm and parallel processing software we developed, full-field, real-time 3D deformation monitoring was realized at a frame rate of 10 frames/s with resolution of 5000 points per frame. For validation, the displacement field of a four-point bending beam was determined by the real-time 3D-DIC. As an application, the real-time human pulse diagnosis was also performed based on the presented technique. Experimental results verify that the proposed real-time 3D-DIC is practicable and effective for traditional Chinese medicine.

Real-time 3D digital image correlation method and its application in human pulse monitoring.

Measurement of true stress–strain curves and evolution of plastic zone of low carbon steel under uniaxial tension using digital image correlation

This paper describes the use of optical fringe projection method for 3D surface profile and deformation measurement of micro-components. In this method, sinusoidal linear fringes are projected on a micro-component surface by a grating phase shifting projector and a long working distance microscope (LWDM). The image of the fringe pattern is captured by a high-resolution CCD camera and another LWDM and processed by phase-shifting technique. A simple procedure is described which enables calibration of the optical set-up for subsequent quantitative measurement of micro-components of unknown shapes. This method is relatively simple and accurate, and is capable of conducting fully automated measurements. In this paper, two micro-components, a micro-mirror ( 0.1 mm ×0.1 mm ) and a micro-electrode pad are used to demonstrate deformation measurement and microscopic surface contouring.

Xiaoyuan He

Papers

Shape measurement of small objects using LCD fringe projection with phase shifting

Noise robustness and parallel computation of the inverse compositional Gauss-Newton algorithm in digital image correlation

Real-time 3D digital image correlation method and its application in human pulse monitoring.

Measurement of true stress–strain curves and evolution of plastic zone of low carbon steel under uniaxial tension using digital image correlation

Microscopic surface contouring by fringe projection method