Preface; Contents; 1 Residual Stresses in Bovine Femurs; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Slitting Method; 1.3 Slotting Model; 1.4 Slotting Experiments with Bone Specimens; 1.5 Initial Results; 1.6 Discussion; 1.7 Conclusions; References; 2 Experimental Stress Analysis of Unsymmetrical, Irregularly-Shaped Structure Containing an Arbitrarily-Shaped Hole; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Relevant Equations; 2.3 Results; 2.4 Summary, Discussion and Conclusions; References; 3 Quantitative Calorimetry and TSA in Case of Low Thermal Signal and Strong Spatial Gradients: Application to Glass Materials; 3.1 Introduction

3.2 Experimental Setup3.2.1 Specimen Geometry and Testing Conditions; 3.2.2 Thermal Measurement; 3.3 Image Processing and Theoretical Background; 3.3.1 Image Processing; 3.3.2 Thermoelastic Stress Analysis (TSA); 3.3.3 Simplified Heat Diffusion Equation; 3.4 Results and Discussion; 3.4.1 Stress Field; 3.4.2 Heat Source Field Reconstruction; 3.5 Conclusions; References; 4 A New Denoising Methodology to Keep the Spatial Resolution of IR Images Equal to 1 Pixel; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Image Processing Methodology; 4.3 Numerical Evaluation of the Proposed Methodolgy

4.3.1 Noised Numerical Image Construction4.3.2 Denoising of Numerical Noised Images with the Proposed Method; 4.4 Experimental Validation: Detection of Thermal Activity Along the Chips Border After Indentation; 4.4.1 Experimental Set-Up; 4.4.2 Experimental Results; 4.5 Conclusion; References; 5 Calorific Signature of PLC Bands Under Biaxial Loading Conditions in Al-Mg Alloys; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Specimen Preparation and Testing Conditions; 5.3 Full Field Measurements; 5.3.1 Kinematic Field Measurement; 5.3.2 Temperature Field Measurement

5.4 Bi-Dimensional Heat Source Reconstruction from Temperature Field Measurement5.5 Typical Results and Discussion; 5.5.1 Mechanical Response; 5.5.2 Thermal Response at the Specimen Centre; 5.5.3 Calorimetric Response at the Specimen Centre; 5.5.4 Bidimensional Heat Source Reconstruction; 5.6 Conclusion; References; 6 How Does Cristallizable Rubber Use Mechanical Energy to Deform?; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Specimen Preparation and Testing Conditions; 6.3 Heat Source Calculation from Temperature Field Measurement; 6.4 Typical Results and Discussion; 6.4.1 Mechanical Response

6.4.2 Calorimetric Response and Intrinsic Dissipation6.4.3 Mechanical Energy Is Used for Structure Changes; 6.5 Conclusion; References; 7 Use of Bulge Test Geometry for Material Property Identification; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Test Geometry; 7.3 Virtual Fields Method; 7.4 Discussion and Conclusion; References; 8 Crystal Plasticity Parameter Identification by Integrated DIC on Microscopic Topographies; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Results and Conclusion; References; 9 Comparison of Residual Stress Characterization Techniques Using an Interference Fit Sample; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Sample