Both the chairs of PhotoMechanics and the International DIC Society are glad to welcome you to Clermont-Ferrand (France) in October 2024 for a joint conference between PhotoMechanics and iDICs!
This joint conference will focus on full-field measurement techniques and their applications in experimental solid mechanics.
Classic procedures used in experimental solid mechanics have been significantly modified by recent advances in optical measurement methods, image processing and infrared thermography. These full-field measurement techniques lead to high-resolution displacement, strain and temperature maps, which open new and attractive fields of investigation. The purpose of the PM-iDICs 2024 conference is to provide an international forum for academics and practitioners to promote the new possibilities offered by these techniques and to discuss their impact on the mechanical characterization of materials and structures.
Conference themes
development and application of techniques such as moiré/speckle interferometry, grid methods, photoelasticity, digital image or volume correlation, and holography in experimental solid mechanics
comparison, benchmarking and identification of technique suitability for specific applications
techniques for measurement from nano to large scales and their applications in solid mechanics
detection and characterization of cracks and damage
infrared thermography and its application to thermoelasticity, damage and fatigue analysis
stress and strain field analysis
identification of the mechanical behaviour of materials and structures from full-field measurements, including hybrid methods
Themes are open to any subjects related to Photomechanics
Conference format
A book of abstracts will be available for the conference. The aim is to keep the meeting as informal as possible, and no paper proceedings will be published. The scientific committee will propose a selection of papers for publication in a special issue of Strain, the International Journal for Strain Measurement published by Wiley. Selected papers will be collected during the conference.
Conference Secretariat
PM-iDICs 2024, UCA / SIGMA-Clermont 27 rue Roches Genes, 63170 Aubière, France Tel: +33 (0) 4 73 28 81 31 Email: pmidics2024.ip@uca.fr
Conference chair
Benoît Blaysat, France Brian K. Bay, USA Julia Cline, USA