Table 4 Description of the variables contained in the *Data.mat file for the unique specimen geometries with full-field data (the D-specimens, X-specimens, and Bespoke specimens).

From: Digital image correlation and infrared thermography data for seven unique geometries of 304L stainless steel

Variable

Description

Units

Size

time

Elapsed time (time=0 marks the start of applied force)

s

[NumTime,1]

extension

Total extension between the two grips as measured by the LVDTs

mm

[NumTime,1]

force

Force measured by the standard load cell along the Y axis

kN

[NumTime,1]

force6DOF

Forces and moments measured by the 6DOF load cell

 

[NumTime,6]

Column 1: force along the X axis

kN

Column 2: force along the Y axis

kN

Column 3: force along the Z axis

kN

Column 4: moment about the X axis

Nm

Column 5: moment about the Y axis

Nm

Column 6: moment about the Z axis

Nm

X0

Y0

Z0

Locations of the DIC point cloud in the undeformed configuration

mm

[NumPts,1]

U

V

W

Displacements of each point in the DIC point cloud

mm

[NumPts,NumTime]

Exx

Eyy

Exy

Lagrange strains of each point in the DIC point cloud

mm/mm

[NumPts,NumTime]

sigma

Confidence interval for the DIC matching22 (lower values indicate better matching, but a value of -1 indicates an unmatched point)

px

[NumPts,NumTime]

IR_temperature

Temperature measured by the IR camera; two temperatures are provided, calculated with the bounds on the emissivity specified in Table 3

oC

[NumPts,NumTime,2]

  1. In the “Size” column, NumPts is the number of points in the DIC point cloud, and NumTime is the number of time steps. The coordinate system is defined in Fig. 1.