| Advancement of Optical Methods in Experimental Mechanics, Volume 3 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.nbsp; 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: ·nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Advanced optical methods for frontier applications ·nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Advanced optical interferometry ·nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Optical measurement systems using polarized light ·nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Optical methods for advanced manufacturing ·nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Digital image correlation ·nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Optical methods at the micro/nano-scale ·nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Three-dimensional imaging and volumetric correlation·nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Imaging methods for thermomechanics applications ·nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Opto-acoustical methods in experimental mechanics ·nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Optical measurements in challenging environments ·nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Optical methods for inverse problems ·nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Advances in optical methods |