Strain 50th Anniversary Editor's Picks

In honor of Strain's 50th Anniversary, the editors selected the best papers. Check out the list below and click on the links to read abstracts and full articles.

Digital Image Correlation: from Displacement Measurement to Identification of Elastic Properties – a Review
F. Hild and S. Roux
Strain Volume 42, Issue 2

Towards full field automated photoelastic analysis of complex components
E A Patterson and Z F Wang
Strain Volume 27, Issue 2

Volumetric Digital Image Correlation Applied to X-ray Microtomography Images from Triaxial Compression Tests on Argillaceous Rock
N. Lenoir, M. Bornert, J. Desrues, P. Bésuelle and G. Viggiani
Strain Volume 43, Issue 3

An Evaluation of Digital Image Correlation Criteria for Strain Mapping Applications
W. Tong
Strain Volume 41, Issue 4

The Virtual Fields Method for Extracting Constitutive Parameters From Full-Field Measurements: a Review
M. Grédiac, F. Pierron, S. Avril and E. Toussaint
Strain Volume 42, Issue 4

Quantitative Error Assessment in Pattern Matching: Effects of Intensity Pattern Noise, Interpolation, Strain and Image Contrast on Motion Measurements
Y. Q. Wang, M. A. Sutton, H. A. Bruck and H. W. Schreier
Strain Volume 45, Issue 2

A Comparative Study of Several Material Models for Prediction of Hyperelastic Properties: Application to Silicone-Rubber and Soft Tissues
P. A. L. S. Martins, R. M. Natal Jorge and A. J. M. Ferreira
Strain Volume 42, Issue 3

Digital Photoelasticity: Principles, Practice and Potential
Eann A. Patterson
Strain Volume 38, Issue 1

Automatic Evaluation of Mixed-mode Stress Intensity Factors Utilizing Digital Image Correlation
S. Yoneyama, Y. Morimoto and M. Takashi
Strain Volume 42, Issue 1

Three fringe photoelasticity - use of colour image processing hardware to automate ordering of isochromatics
K. Ramesh and Sanjeev S. Deshmukh
Strain Volume 32, Issue 3

Alternative calibration techniques for quantitative thermoelastic stress analysis
J.M. Dulieu-Smith
Strain Volume 31, Issue 3

Accurate measurement of residual stress on any steel using the centre hole method
E. M. Beaney
Strain Volume 12, Issue 3

Impact Tensile Stress–strain Characteristics of Wrought Magnesium Alloys
T. Yokoyama
Strain Volume 39, Issue 4

Impact Location and Quantification on a Composite Panel using Neural Networks and a Genetic Algorithm
K. Worden and W.J. Staszewski
Strain Volume 36, Issue 2

A critical evaluation of the centre hole technique for the measurement of residual stresses
E. M. Beaney and E. Procter
Strain Volume 10, Issue 1

Local Strain Measurement within Tendon
H. R. C. Screen, D. L. Bader, D. A. Lee and J. C. Shelton
Strain Volume 40, Issue 4

Multiscale Full-Field Strain Measurements for Micromechanical Investigations of the Hydromechanical Behaviour of Clayey Rocks
M. Bornert, F. Valès†, H. Gharbi and D. Nguyen Minh
Strain Volume 46, Issue 1

Speckle Interferometry: A Review of the Principal Methods in Use for Experimental Mechanics Applications
P. Jacquot
Strain Volume 44, Issue 1

Neutron and Synchrotron X-ray Strain Scanning
P. J. Withers and P. J. Webster
Strain Volume 37, Issue 1