Image-Based Measurement of Shape, Motion, and Deformation

3 units

Many engineering analysis and design applications require the knowledge of how materials respond to applied loads. This course will provide an overview of various imaging and computer vision techniques to measure full-field object characteristics including shape, motion, and deformation. Selected topics will include basic geometrical optics, lenses and mirrors, single camera models and calibration, image processing, digital image correlation (in multiple dimensions), stereo vision, photogrammetry, strain calculations, and inverse methods. This course is intended for graduate and upper-level students interested in experimental solid mechanics and practical applications of image processing and analysis.