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The behavior of engineering structures in fire is commonly studied through large-scale experiments. Full-field, noncontact measurement techniques such as Digital Image Correlation (DIC) are potentially ideal for such experiments; however, the presence of light emitted by the flames, thermal radiation from the heated structure, and convective thermal gradients in the air make this a challenging application for DIC. A simple method has been developed to enable the use of DIC in large, low-soot, fires using narrow-spectrum blue light and spectrally-matched bandpass optical filters to increase signal-to-noise ratio and filter undesired radiant energy before it reaches the camera. The method is applied to full-scale experiments in which a 6-m long W16 × 26 steel beam is supported over a 700 kW fire from a natural gas diffusion burner. The resulting images are temporally and spatially averaged during post-processing to smooth out false distortions of the images caused by the thermal gradients in and around the flames before DIC techniques are applied to resolve strain.
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Smith, C.M., Hoehler, M.S. (2019). Application of Digital Image Correlation to Structures in Fire. In: Lamberti, L., Lin, MT., Furlong, C., Sciammarella, C., Reu, P., Sutton, M. (eds) Advancement of Optical Methods & Digital Image Correlation in Experimental Mechanics, Volume 3. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97481-1_19
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