Collaborations
During the development of the Virtual Fields Method, many collaborations with national or international
researchers or research groups have enhanced our progress. The VFM team wishes to acknowledge their contributions.
National collaborations
- Prof. Didier Baptiste and Dr Katell Derrien (ENSAM Paris, France) through the ACI n°S18-01 grant.
- Prof. François Hild (ENS Cachan, France) through the ANR n°ANR-05-BLAN-0327 grant ("Photofit" project).
- ONERA Lille through the PhD study of Mr Samuel Blanchard.
- Prof. Laurent Barralier (ENSAM Aix-en-Provence) through the PhD of Ms Loreleï Comin (welded joints).
International collaborations
- Prof. Michael R. Wisnom (Advanced Center for Composites Innovation and Science, University of Britol, UK) through the PhD study of Dr Jin-Hwan Kim (2007)
and the sabbatical of Prof. F. Pierron (2004-2005), funded by the EPSRC. Joint PhD thesis of Mr Cédric Devivier underway.
- Dr Stephen Hallett (Advanced Center for Composites Innovation and Science, University of Britol, UK)
through the post-doc project of Dr Raphaël Moulart on high strain rate testing, on an EPSRC grant.
- Dr Fabrizio Scarpa and Dr Chrystel Remillat (Advanced Center for Composites Innovation and Science,
University of Britol, UK)
on auxetic materials and vibrational testing.
- Prof. Jonathan M. Huntley and Dr Pablo D. Ruiz (Loughborough University, UK). Joint PhD project on the identification of the eye cornea using bulk strain measurements with optical coherence tomography and the virtual fields method (underway), funded by the EPSRC. Another collaboration is taking place on damage of composites using OCT and the VFM, also funded by the EPSRC.
- Prof. José Morais (UTAD University, Portugal) through the PhD project of Dr José Xavier on wood.
- Prof. Mike A. Sutton and Prof. Tony Reynolds (University of South Carolina, USA).
Joint projects on high strain rate testing of metals and welded joints. Joint PhD thesis of Guillaume Le Louëdec (underway).
- Prof. Philip V. Bayly (Washington University, St Louis, MI, USA). Collaboration on the use of magnetic resonance elastography data in conjunction with the virtual fields method.