Focuses on the practical application of Digital Image Correlation for civil engineers, covering measuring displacement fields and computing strain fields.
Introduces fundamental notions in digital filtering, covering 2D filtering approaches, linear filters, stability, FIR and IIR filters, frequency domain filtering, and Gaussian filters.
Explores fracture mechanics, crack growth, and the weakest link theory, emphasizing the statistical distribution of crack sizes and the significance of the largest crack in material failure.
