The focus of the webinar is ‘experimental mechanics’ which can be defined as the application of experimental techniques for analysis of loaded structural components. The webinar starts with a brief introduction to experimental mechanics techniques and their application. The second presentation is a detailed description of the application of such techniques in the aircraft industry with attention on the benefit to design. The third presentation demonstrates the reach of experimental mechanics and how it can be used to analyse complex ultrasonic machining process mainly with medical applications.

This research webinar has been organised by the British Society for Strain Measurement (BSSM) on behalf of the Forum of Applied Mechanics.