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Advancement of Optical Methods in Experimental Mechanics , Volume 3: Proceedings of the 2014 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics , the third volume of eight from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on a wide range of optical methods ranging from traditional photoelasticity and interferometry to more recent DIC and DVC techniques, and includes papers in the following general technical research areas:

ú Advanced optical methods for frontier applications

ú Advanced optical interferometry

ú Optical measurement systems using polarized light

ú Optical methods for advanced manufacturing

ú Digital image correlation

ú Optical methods at the micro/nano-scale
ú Three-dimensional imaging and volumetric correlation

ú Imaging methods for thermomechanics applications

ú Opto-acoustical methods in experimental mechanics

ú Optical measurements in challenging environments

ú Optical methods for inverse problems

ú Advances in optical methods

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