An Improved Error Evaluation in One-Dimensional Deformation Measurements by Linear Digital Image Correlation

Simple analytical error formulas were derived for one-dimensional deformation parameter estimation by an image correlation analysis with linear subpixel interpolation. A two-parameter deformation function was used in the analysis to account for both rigid-body translation and constant displacement gradient in an image subset. Errors in parameter estimation were found to explicitly relate to the image grayscale error consisting of subpixel approximation, image noise (including quantization error), and subset deformation mismatch at each point of the subset. A power-law dependence of the standard deviation of errors in deformation parameter estimation on the subset size was established when random image noise was dominant and it was confirmed by the numerical results of both nonlinear and linear image correlation analyses of synthetic image pairs. The power-law relationship can be used to guide the selection of suitable image quality, subpixel approximation, subset size, and subset deformation function for the desired measurement precision of deformation parameters.     

基于新息自适应卡尔曼滤波算法的多类型结构响应重构

为改善传统卡尔曼滤波KF(Kalman filter)算法在过程噪声方差和测量噪声方差未知的情况下响应重构精度降低甚至发散的问题，提出了一种基于新息自适应卡尔曼滤波IAKF(innovation-based adaptive Kalman filter)算法的多类型响应重构方法。首先根据新息统计特性对卡尔曼滤波增益和状态估计误差协方差矩阵进行实时自适应调整；然后利用有限测点的加速度传感器的测量数据，结合模态法对结构各个位置的加速度、速度、位移以及应变进行响应重构；最后对起重机桁架和简支梁分别进行数值模拟和试验分析。结果表明，该方法能够有效地调整过程噪声方差并估计测量噪声方差，未测点的重构响应时程曲线与计算响应或测量响应时程曲线吻合良好。     

On the Propagation of Camera Sensor Noise to Displacement Maps Obtained by DIC - an Experimental Study

This paper focuses on one of the metrological properties of DIC, namely displacement resolution. More specifically, the study aims to validate, in the environment of an experimental mechanics laboratory, a recent generalized theoretical prediction of displacement resolution. Indeed, usual predictive formulas available in the literature neither take into account sub-pixel displacement, nor have been validated in an experimental mechanics laboratory environment, nor are applicable to all types of DIC (Global as well as Local). Here, the formula used to account for sub-pixel displacements is first recalled, and an accurate model of the sensor noise is introduced. The hypotheses required for the elaboration of this prediction are clearly stated. The formula is then validated using experimental data. Since rigid body motion between the specimen and the camera impairs the experimental data, and since sensor noise is signal-dependent, particular tools need to be introduced in order to ensure the consistency between the observed image noise and the model on which prediction hypotheses are based. Pre-processing tools introduced for another full-field measurement approach, namely the Grid Method, are employed to address these issues.     

数字图像相关法在相似材料模拟试验中的应用

利用相似材料模拟试验研究印度某矿长壁开采采场厚硬顶板的破断规律,针对试验中传统的位移测量法的不足,引入了数字图像相关法。通过恰当布设模型、合理控制光照强度,实时用高分辨率数码相机拍摄模型在开采过程中的表面变形图像,借用数字照相图像分析与结果可视化应用软件系统GeoDPDM对序列照片进行相关性分析,得到了开采过程中上覆岩层变形的位移场和应变场。将分析结果与传统测量方法所得结果对比,得到两种方法具有较高的一致性,并将测试精度提高到0.6mm/pixel,成功实现了大范围模型变形的全场、非接触式测量。     

数字图像相关曲面拟合法相关系数修正算法的实验研究

为了提高数字图像相关曲面拟合法亚像素定位精度,经研究发现,在实际应用中,曲面拟合法在亚像素位移为0.5像素左右时会发生较大的波动,与实际亚像素位移发生一定偏离,导致此位置位移的不连续。本文通过分析曲面拟合法亚像素位移偏离真实位移的原因,给出了具体修正方法,用模拟平移实验讨论了修正系数k和子区大小对修正结果的影响,用三点弯曲实验验证了修正方法在复杂变形情况下的有效性,提高了曲面拟合法在实际应用中的测量精度。     

DVC中内部散斑质量评价及计算体素点的优化选择

数字体图像相关方法(digital volume correlation, DVC)是一种可测量物体内部三维全场变形的先进实验力学测试技术, 通过分析由体图像成像设备(如X-ray CT)获取的物体变形前后的三维体图像, DVC可获得物体内部具有亚体素精度的三维变形信息. 在应用DVC测量内部变形时, 被测试样体图像的内部散斑质量对其测量精度有着重要影响. 本文从DVC算法位移测量误差的理论分析和数值模拟实验两方面证实了DVC的位移测量误差与计算子体块的灰度梯度平方和(sum of square subvolume intensity gradient, SSSIG)值呈负相关关系, 即: 计算子体块的SSSIG值越大, 其位移测量精度越高, 因此SSSIG可用于体图像内部散斑质量的定量评价. 尽管直接增加计算子体块尺寸可以增加SSSIG, 但是较大计算子体块内更多的计算点会导致计算量的显著增加. 为此, 本文进一步提出一种计算体素点优化选择方法, 该方法通过将计算子体块中灰度梯度较小的体素点剔除出计算, 以实现在增大计算子体块尺寸的同时不会显著增加计算量. 模拟和真实实验结果显示了该计算体素点优化选择方法的有效性.      

Effect of experimental parameters and image noise on the error levels in simultaneous velocity and temperature measurements using molecular tagging velocimetry/thermometry (MTV/T)

In this work, the effect of experimental parameters on the error levels associated with simultaneous measurement of displacement and temperature using Molecular Tagging Velocimetry/Thermometry (MTV/T) was quantified via simulated images. Images were simulated using Gaussian profile laser lines. Noise was added to the images using a uniform random distribution and a Gaussian random distribution to simulate electronic noise and shot noise, respectively. The results showed that the error levels in the displacement and temperature measurements were inversely related for most experimental parameters including the laser line thickness, fluid temperature and image delay times. It is concluded that the dynamic range of the technique depends on the flow speeds and temperatures and must be determined for each experiment individually. Error levels, for 95% confidence, were found to be better than 0.3°C for temperature and 0.2 pixels for displacement for typical real-world experimental parameters.     

Vibration parameter measurement using the temporal digital hologram sequence and windowed Fourier transform

Real time digital recording and numerical reconstruction of a temporal digital hologram sequence have become feasible in recent years. They provide a new measurement method which enjoys the valuable advantages of being full-field, noncontact and high precision. In this paper, a combined method of temporal digital hologram sequence and windowed Fourier transform is proposed to measure the kinematic parameters of random vibration. A series of holograms are recorded by CCD camera and the original phase can be reconstructed by Fresnel reconstruction algorithm. The three-dimensional windowed Fourier transform is used to filter noise in phase and extract the instantaneous kinematic parameters of the specimen, such as the displacement, velocity and acceleration. An experiment is conducted on a chloroprene rubber latex membrane. Results demonstrate that the proposed method determines the vibration parameters precisely and enjoys many merits.     

结构动力可靠度的重要抽样法

重要抽样法是蒙特卡洛数值模拟方法中的一种重要的方差缩减技术,目前重要抽样法在工程结构可靠度计算中的应用主要集中于静力问题。本文分析了动力可靠度蒙特卡洛方法的特点,提出了在结构动力可靠度问题中应用重要抽样法的方法,并针对白噪声荷载,给出了选择重要抽样函数的方法和重要抽样函数的具体表达式。理论和数值分析表明,本文所提出的重要抽样法应用于结构动力可靠度计算是可行的。     

基于Harris角点检测的位移测量算法

在力学实验中,位移和应变的测量是最基本任务之一。本文提出了一种基于Harris角点检测的位移测量算法。通过检测变形前图像的角点,然后利用光流跟踪技术在变形图像中搜索其匹配点,最终计算得到位移值。算法对图像采用网格划分方式进行计算,达到了全场测量的目的。实验结果表明,该算法位移测量精度高、稳定性好,可作为基于图像处理的无损测量方法。     

三维裂纹扩展轨迹的边界元数值模拟

提出了一种对三维裂纹扩展轨迹进行数值模拟的新方法。采用一种新的具有C^1连续性、高精度的单节点二次边界单元，使边界元(BEM)的分析效率和裂纹张开位移(COD)、应力强度因子(SIF)的精度大大提高。采用裂纹张开位移全场拟合法(GCDFP)求出裂纹面前缘的SIF，所得到的SIF达到与所用的COD资料同样的精度。使用Paris公式求出裂纹前缘各点的裂纹扩展增量，并用三次B样条函数对这些增量进行拟合，得到新的光滑裂纹前缘。根据以上思想方法，开发了具有较高的计算效率和精度的数值模拟软件。此软件可以自动跟踪裂纹扩展，得到裂纹扩展的轨迹。运用该软件对椭圆和矩形裂纹的扩展轨迹进行了数值模拟。其结果与理论上的预言完全一致，裂纹最后都趋于一个圆裂纹，具有实际指导意义。     

非连续数字图像相关方法在裂纹重构中的应用

数字图像相关方法作为一种新的非接触式位移测量方法,在力学工程中有广泛的应用前景,然而受限于标准方法对图像变形的连续性要求,这种高效的测量方法在断裂力学领域的推广受到了限制. 为解决这一问题,提出采用引入子区分离数学模型,代替标准方法的连续模型,来对非连续区域进行精确识别和匹配的非连续数字图像相关方法. 研究子区被裂纹等非连续分割后原始像素点的位移情况,并引入裂纹张开向量用以表征被分割子区的主区和副区的位移关系;从而建立子区分离模型的数学表达式,并且为所提出的模型设计相应的图像相关算法;然后将所提出的非连续数字图像相关方法应用于重构平板拉伸试验开裂过程中图像的位移. 研究结果表明,相比于标准的数字图像相关方法,所提出的非连续数字图像相关方法解决了图像相关法在非连续区域失效的问题,提高了数字图像相关方法对位移测量的正确率,特别是能够准确重构裂纹面及附近的位移场,其测量精度能够达到亚像素级别.      

用裂纹张开位移计算三点弯曲试样的动态应力强度因子

给出了一种由裂纹的动态张开位移计算三点弯曲试样的动态应力强度因子的简单方法。对于两种不同几何尺寸的试样,在三类不同载荷作用下给出了数植算例,并与完全的动态有限元方法的计算结果进行了比较。结果表明:两种方法的计算结果相当一致。最后,还给出了由测定三点弯曲试样的裂纹张开位移确定试样的动态应力强度因子,最终确定材料动态起裂韧性的方法。     

An Error Criterion in Digital Image Correlation for Unknown Deformation Fields and Its Application of Parameters Selection

Digital image correlation (DIC) is a widely used optical metrology for surface deformation measurement. In DIC, the square root of the mean square error (RMS error) and standard deviation error (SD error) are used as quantitative criteria in order to evaluate the accuracy and robustness of a DIC method\algorithm. However, RMS and SD error criteria are computed from prescribed and measured displacements, which indicates that the prescribed displacement fields must be precisely generated. Therefore, it is difficult to quantitatively evaluate the accuracy and robustness of an algorithm\method in practical DIC measurements because imposed displacements are unknown (that’s why DIC measurements are needed). Moreover, the accuracy of DIC measurements highly relies on parameters selection, especially the selections of subset size and shape function. In practice, the subset size and shape function are usually selected according to experience because there are numerous factors (e.g. the quality of speckle image, local displacement field) and uncertainties (e.g. noise level, out-of-plane motion, illumination lighting fluctuation during image capturing) that affect the parameters selection, which makes it difficult to select optimal parameters based on previous works which mainly focused on theoretical deduction in ideal condition. In this paper, an error criterion for evaluating the accuracy of practical DIC measurements with unknown displacements is proposed. Numerical experiments are used to validate the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed criterion for accuracy evaluation. It is concluded that the square root of the sum of squared forward and backward displacements difference (SFBD) error has a significant positive linear correlation with the widely used SD error in most practical DIC measurements where the mismatch between the frequently-used first- and second-order shape functions and the actual field is usually small. Also, an application of the proposed criterion is presented by real experiments for subset size and shape function selections, which verifies that the proposed error criterion can be effectively used for DIC parameters selection.     

扫描电镜下的数字散斑相关方法及其应用

对数字散斑相关方法(digital speckle correlation method,DSCM)在扫描电镜(scanningelectron microscope,SEM)下的应用进行了研究。将DSCM与带电液伺服试验系统的SEM结合起来,对二者结合的过程进行了分析,实现了SEM下细微观变形场的测量,扩展了DSCM和SEM的应用范围。为了定量地把握SEM在扫描图像时放大倍数的不稳定性、非线性和内部噪声对DSCM的影响,还对SEM下的DSCM精度和误差进行了实验分析。统计结果表明,SEM下应用DSCM进行变形场的测量,其位移测量误差最大可达2像素,其精度可以满足一般变形场测量的需要。作为应用实例,对混凝土试件在SEM下的断裂行为进行了研究,得到了混凝土试件表面随着载荷的变化而变化的表面细观变形场。     

Digital image correlation and biaxial test on composite material for anisotropic damage law identification

The purpose of the work is to extend the use of non-conventional tests and full field measurements to the identification of an anisotropic damage law. A Digital Image Correlation technique based on a finite element discretization is used to extract planar displacement fields. The reconditioned Equilibrium Gap Method is then used to retrieve a damage law that accounts for shear softening, a specific form suited to the present application. The identification is shown to reduce to a linear system. The example of a biaxial shear test performed on a cruciform specimen is considered. The approach is first qualified by using displacement fields resulting from a non-linear computation with a known damage law. A good agreement is observed between the prescribed and identified laws for distinct parameter settings, even when significant noise is added to the displacement fields. The reconstructed displacement fields coincide perfectly with the measurements. The complete scheme is finally tested considering images taken during an experiment performed on a carbon/carbon composite. The identified damage pattern and the corresponding damage values are similar to post-processed maps using classically identified parameters. The reconstructed displacement field accounts for 95% of the fluctuations observed in the measurements.     

柔性壁面湍流边界层相干结构控制的实验研究

本文利用热膜测速技术对刚性壁面和柔性壁面湍流边界层的流向速度分量进行了实验测量,首先研究了柔性壁面对平均速度分布和湍流度分布的影响,结果表明:柔性壁面的边界层速度分布在对数律层向上有所平移,缓冲层加厚,具有一般的壁面减阻特征;而柔性壁的湍流度比刚性壁的湍流度要低,分布也更为平坦。然后综合运用自相关法和条件采样技术研究了湍流近壁区的相干结构,结果表明:刚性壁自相关曲线的第二峰值出现的时间比柔性壁的短,柔性壁的猝发频率比刚性壁的低许多。实验结果表明柔性壁面具有一定的减阻作用。     

数字图像相关方法在桥梁裂缝变形监测中的应用

本文结合工程实际背景分析了数字图像相关方法应用在桥梁裂缝变形监测中的可行性及优越性。根据桥梁裂缝变形的特点采用数字图像处理技术中的位移梯度法进行所选区域的相关匹配搜索并对相关系数的计算公式加以改进。使实验过程得以简化。计算结果全场化、直观化。本文对数字图像处理软件的测量精度和在实际测量中的测试误差进行了分析和研究。证明该软件能够更加精确地测定裂缝在各种荷载作用下的变形量值．实际的桥梁测试也验证了该方法的可行性和优越性。若图像记录设备的分辨率是12．47pixel／mm(0．0802ram／pixel)。本文所涉及到的桥梁裂缝边缘的位移测试精度为0．000802mm。     

小口径轴对称收缩喷嘴射流冲击大平板噪声特性的实验研究

为研究小口径喷嘴冲击射流的噪声特性，测定了3mm口径的轴对称收缩喷嘴在各种压比情况下产生的亚音速和超音速射流冲击坚固大平板产生的噪声。发现噪声在空间呈近似四瓣分布，当喷嘴与平板距离减小时，噪声指向壁射流下游的瓣到增强，反之，噪声指向喷嘴上游的瓣得到增强。噪声随喷嘴距平板距离的增加呈增强的趋势，在距平板一定距离内有锯齿现象。噪声随喷嘴压比的增加而增强，相应于各种工况，存在一不同的压比值，此压比之前，噪声随压比的增大而迅速提高，但有起伏现象，在此压比之后，噪声平缓地随压比的增大而增强。     

Micro- and Nanoscale Deformation Measurement of Surface and Internal Planes via Digital Image Correlation

The digital image correlation (DIC) technique is successfully applied across multiple length scales through the generation of a suitable speckle pattern at each size scale. For microscale measurements, a random speckle pattern of paint is created with a fine point airbrush. Nanoscale displacement resolution is achieved with a speckle pattern formed by solution deposition of fluorescent silica nanoparticles. When excited, the particles fluoresce and form a speckle pattern that can be imaged with an optical microscope. Displacements are measured on the surface and on an interior plane of transparent polymer samples with the different speckle patterns. Rigid body translation calibrations and uniaxial tension experiments establish a surface displacement resolution of 1 μm over a 5×6 mm scale field of view for the airbrushed samples and 17 nm over a 100×100 μm scale field of view for samples with the fluorescent nanoparticle speckle. To demonstrate the capabilities of the method, we characterize the internal deformation fields generated around silica microspheres embedded in an elastomer under tensile loading. The DIC technique enables measurement of complex deformation fields with nanoscale precision over relatively large areas, making it of particular relevance to materials that possess multiple length scales.