Digital image correlation (DIC) is an optical technique allowing high-definition maps of displacements and deformations of the element under view. Various fields of application are already known where thermal and mechanic distorsions of the object have been explored by comparing false-colour images recorded in different deformation states. The method is becoming more common in civil engineering where first applications were limited to metal structural elements and composite material reinforcements [1-3]. The main advantages of this technique lie in contact-free, full-field measurements. In order to enhance the displacement spatial resolution, one of the recognised requirements of the method - in fact, so far, unavoidable - is the preparation of the investigated surface by applying a thin, white mat coating followed by a distribution of speckles (black dots) of appropriate sizes. This preliminary procedure constitutes a disadvantage of DIC [4]. In this work, an innovative experience of DIC is presented for a case of mechanical test monitoring of brick masonry, in the lab (specimen dimensions: 0.50×0.5×0.12 m3). In addition, no coating of the surface of interest has taken place. The attempt is to validate the applicability and reliability of the method for this composite material when the masonry materials' texture is exploited as the reference pattern to monitor geometry variations of the specimen under increased load levels. A further challenge of the experiment was due to the visible degradation state of the masonry specimen, which prior to the destructive compression load test had undergone accelerated ageing through cycles of salt crystallization and consequent discolouring and partial skin loss. The aims were to obtain from DIC high-definition full-field information able to reliably replace traditional measurement instruments such LVDTs, extensometers or strain gauges, determining instead 3D inplane and out-of-plane displacements, stresses and strains at different load levels up to specimen collapse. The outcome of the experiment provided a better understanding of the masonry behaviour under axial load and of the local and global distribution of the characteristic mechanical parameters together proving the reliability of the DIC technique under the specific monitoring constraints.
Gabrielli, E., Colla, C. (2015). Monitoring of masonry compression tests in the lab via optical correlation without surface preparation. Di Tommaso A.,Gentilini C.,Castellazzi G : Trans Tech Publications Ltd [10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.624.139].
Monitoring of masonry compression tests in the lab via optical correlation without surface preparation
GABRIELLI, ELENA;COLLA, CAMILLA
2015
Abstract
Digital image correlation (DIC) is an optical technique allowing high-definition maps of displacements and deformations of the element under view. Various fields of application are already known where thermal and mechanic distorsions of the object have been explored by comparing false-colour images recorded in different deformation states. The method is becoming more common in civil engineering where first applications were limited to metal structural elements and composite material reinforcements [1-3]. The main advantages of this technique lie in contact-free, full-field measurements. In order to enhance the displacement spatial resolution, one of the recognised requirements of the method - in fact, so far, unavoidable - is the preparation of the investigated surface by applying a thin, white mat coating followed by a distribution of speckles (black dots) of appropriate sizes. This preliminary procedure constitutes a disadvantage of DIC [4]. In this work, an innovative experience of DIC is presented for a case of mechanical test monitoring of brick masonry, in the lab (specimen dimensions: 0.50×0.5×0.12 m3). In addition, no coating of the surface of interest has taken place. The attempt is to validate the applicability and reliability of the method for this composite material when the masonry materials' texture is exploited as the reference pattern to monitor geometry variations of the specimen under increased load levels. A further challenge of the experiment was due to the visible degradation state of the masonry specimen, which prior to the destructive compression load test had undergone accelerated ageing through cycles of salt crystallization and consequent discolouring and partial skin loss. The aims were to obtain from DIC high-definition full-field information able to reliably replace traditional measurement instruments such LVDTs, extensometers or strain gauges, determining instead 3D inplane and out-of-plane displacements, stresses and strains at different load levels up to specimen collapse. The outcome of the experiment provided a better understanding of the masonry behaviour under axial load and of the local and global distribution of the characteristic mechanical parameters together proving the reliability of the DIC technique under the specific monitoring constraints.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
