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Simulation correlation with Abaqus: how far we’ve come in linking a solver to our software environment

By Team Eikosim | 2 September 2022

Need to perform a correlation between an Abaqus simulation model and measurements automatically? Whether it is by developing a Python script, actually using the C++ API or developing our parsers, we have experimented a lot with reading and writing formats related to this solver, whether it is to correlate displacement or deformation fields or simply…

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Mechanical regularization in EikoTwin DIC

By Team Eikosim | 19 May 2022

In EikoTwin DIC, the measurement of displacement fields is performed on the simulation mesh. However, as this mathematical problem is by nature ill-posed, a mechanical regularization parameter allows the user to add mechanical conditions to the field measurements. Contrary to most digital image correlation software, at EikoSim, we have chosen to use a mechanical “filter”.…

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Digital image correlation for crack measurement

By Team Eikosim | 29 April 2022

In the context of crack propagation tests on composite material, EikoTwin image correlation solutions were used to meet a customer’s need. A post-processing script, exploiting the measurement data from EikoTwin DIC, was developed by EikoSim to bring satisfaction to the customer with a tailor-made solution. This work is part of Paul Nicolino’s engineering internship at…

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Sources of measurement errors with digital image correlation

By Team Eikosim | 17 May 2021

In digital image correlation as in any measurement process, errors affect measured data. The characteristic of this method lies in the direct dependency between the test and the measurement error [1,2,3]. Indeed, errors need to be estimated for every new test. These errors can be classified in two categories: the bias corresponding to systematic errors…

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Camera calibration: principles and procedures

By Team Eikosim | 22 March 2021

Using a multi-camera system for metrology and accurate measurements requires the calibration of the pixel coordinates of these cameras. They can be represented mathematically by a projection model in the form of a matrix, allowing the passage of the position of 3D points to their projection in 2D image space. The process of estimating the…

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Technical functionality: selection of the measurement mesh

By Team Eikosim | 10 February 2021

On EikoTwin DIC, the measurements are directly expressed on the simulation mesh. In order to choose which areas of interest for the test are visible to the camera(s), the so-called measurement mesh must first be selected. Indeed, this mesh will be the one where the results will be calculated. It is, therefore, essential to select…

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Measurement errors and digital image correlation

By Team Eikosim | 7 January 2021

By Pierre Baudoin, R&D engineer at EikoSim When conducting a test campaign instrumented by digital image correlation, it must be possible to determine the characteristic measurement error for the quantities of interest studied (measured displacement or strain). This analysis is essential to know whether the measurement made is indeed the desired “signal” and not the…

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What are good Digital Image Correlation test practices?

By Team Eikosim | 24 November 2020

Importance of a good implementation of digital image correlation tests When performing a test by using Digital Image Correlation (DIC), many parameters must be taken into account: brightness, speckle pattern, camera placement. All these steps are essential to achieve the best possible images, in order to get the maximum information from them. Indeed, neglecting one…

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Hybrid calibration: a robust alternative to self-calibration

By Team Eikosim | 7 October 2020

Introduction This article is written as a complement to the article on good calibration practices recently published on our website. In general, it is very often possible to calibrate the camera system in EikoTwin DIC thanks to the knowledge of the geometry of the part, and of the correspondence between points of the model and…

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Speckle pattern size: how to calculate it for your DIC test?

By Team Eikosim | 4 September 2020

In a previous article, we discussed how to choose the size of the speckle pattern for your experiment. We introduced the necessary parameters to control in order to optimize the size of your speckle for each of your tests. As mentioned, although the quality of a speckle pattern can only be analysed with respect to…

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