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Programme and Abstracts

BSSM 19th International Conference on Advances in Experimental Mechanics

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City and Guilds Building, Imperial College London, UK

Tuesday 2nd September 2025

08:30 Registration CAGB Ground Floor. Foyer behind main reception desk

09:30 Welcome - Catrin Davies, Imperial College London CAGB LT300

CAGB LT300
Session 1.1a Chair: Matthew Roy
Residual Stress

10.00 Non-Uniform Residual Stress Measurement Using Incremental Hole-Drilling Method and Digital Image Correlation
Dávid Halabuk, Brno University of Technology

10.20 Residual stress prediction by element birth within a digital twin of a wire arc additive manufacturing cell
Robin Laurence, University of Manchester

10.40 Machine learning assisted rapid residual stress simulation for laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing
Ruiyao Zhang, ISIS Neutron and Muon, 

11.00 Suitability of the contour method for reliable local residual stress maps in cold gas sprayed repairs †
Florian Lang, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

CAGB LT309
Session 1.1b Chair: Christoph Schwingshackl
Aero Applications

10.00 Experimental Study of a High-Speed Rotor Supported by Aerodynamic Bearings Under Base Excitation
Gabriel Cabaj, Brno University of Technology

10.20 Geometry-induced effects in acoustic emission testing of composite structures
Ana Beatriz Quelhas Oliveira e Moreira, University of Bristol

10.40 Enriching experimental training data for transient Signal Detection in Aircraft Engines
Yijia Guo, Imperial College London

11.00 Modelling on Process-microstructure-property (PMP) Relationship of 2195 Al-Li Alloy
Huabo Zhou, Harbin Institute of Technology

Skemp 201
Session 1.1c Chair: Richard Curry
High-Rate Deformation and Blast Loading

10.00 Digital image correlation for composites under impact †
Gustavo Quino Quispe, Imperial College London

10.20 Measurement of Thermomechanical Response Under Transient Reverse Loading and Its Application to Advanced Alloy
Longhui Zhang, SCUT & University of Oxford

10.40 Nanomechanical Testing in Extreme Environments: High Strain Rate Nanoindentation at High Temperatures
Renato Pero, Alemnis AG

11.00 Exploring the Application of High-Speed Camera in Digital Image Correlation (DIC
Kevin Cheng, SinceVision Technology

11.20 Break CAGB Rooms 649-652

CAGB LT300
Session 1.2a Chair: Mateusz Kopec
Fatigue Crack Initiation and Growth in Alloys

11.50 Impact of Welding Residual Stress on Fatigue Cracks and a Low-Cost Surrogate Method for Sample Preparation
Jialin Wang, University of Bristol

12.10 Residual Stress Effects on the Fatigue Crack Growth of 316H Stainless Steel †
Martin Gillet, Imperial College London

I12.30 Influence of Corrosion on Fatigue Crack Growth of High Strength Steels
Monisha Manjunatha, University of Strathclyde

CAGB LT309
Session 1.2b Chair: Eann Patterson
Advanced Mechanical Testing

11.50 Toward Ultrasonic Hydrogel Devices: A Protocol for Stimulus-Dependent Bulk Wave Characterization
Katherine Nelms, University of Bristol

12.10 Relation between free volume and thermodynamic entropy generation during tensile deformation †
Takenobu Sakai, Saitama University

12.30 User friendly method to solve the inverse problem with heterogenous material properties
Benjamin Cameron, University of Southampton

Skemp 201
Session 1.2c Chair: David Kumar
Polymers and Composites

11.50 The influence of void cells on the microstructure of thermoplastic polymers TPE-S and TPE-V
Ismahen Zaafouri, Institute of Physics, Rennes

12.10 Characterization and modeling of mechanical behavior of polymer TPS and TPV reinforced by voids cells
David Kerihuel, Institute of Physics, Rennes

12.30 Experimental characterisation on open-hole compression of CFRP with hybridisation of carbon/glass fibres
Xuanye Hu, University of Bristol

12.50 Lunch and exhibition CAGB Rooms 649-652

CAGB LT300

14.00 Plenary Session Dr Fred Cegla, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London
Chair: Catrin Davies

Non-destructive ultrasonic monitoring of stress, strain, temperature and material properties

CAGB LT300
Session 1.3a Chair: Fabrice Pierron
Material Testing 2.0

15.00 Shape Optimisation for Creep Testing 2.0
Rory Spencer, UK Atomic Energy Authority

15.20 Material Testing 2.0: Uncertainty Quantification for Accelerated Creep Tests
Alexander Fieldsend, University of Oxford

15.40 Experimental Validation of the EUCLID Framework for Automated Discovery of Hyperelastic Material Models †
Arefeh Abbasi, ETH Zürich

CAGB LT309
Session 1.3b Chair: Gustavo Quino Quispe
Advanced Mechanical Testing 2

15.00 Gaussian Process Latent Force Models for Point Load Estimation using Distributed Strain Measurements
David Goodman, University of Sheffield

15.20 Investigation of Ultrasonic-Assisted Consolidation in Multi-Layered Thermoplastic Composites
Andrew Feeney, University of Glasgow

15.40 Residual stresses and deformations generated in laser powder bed fusion of thin metallic samples
Eann Patterson, University of Liverpool

Skemp 201
Session 1.3c Chair: Hari Arora
Bio Based Materials 1

15.00 Mechanical Characterization of the Pancreas Under Quasi-Static Compression
Aminata Diarra, Université of Rennes

15.20 Sub-3 nm Pt3Ni nanoparticles for urea-assisted water splitting
Kaixin Jiang, Northumbria University

15.40 Mechanical characterization of chemically etched trabecular scaffolds †
Mudassar Khalil, Loughborough University

16.00 Development of a Modular Compression Test Rig for Simulating Human Limb Pressurisation under Wearable Garments
Angelo Karunaratne, Swansea University

16.00 Break and exhibition CAGB Rooms 649-652

CAGB LT300
Session 1.4a Chair: Rory Spencer
High Temperature Testing

16.30 Multiscale Investigation of the Creep Damage Mechanisms in CuCrZr alloy using High Resolution and Optical Digi
Parth Nilkanth Kulkarni, The Open University

16.50 Hot Tension and Creep Ranking of 3D printed ODS Nickel-base Superalloys
Kojo Benefo, The Ohio State University

17.10 Uniaxial Compression Properties of Ti6Al4V Manufactured by Laser Powder Bed Fusion †
Amy Milne, Imperial College London

CAGB LT309
Session 1.4b Chair: Neha Chandarana
Infrared & Thermal Methods 1

16.30 On the use of infrared thermography to select more sustainable fillers for natural rubber components
Doriane Auché, Institute of Physics, Rennes

Skemp 201
Session 1.4c Chair: Hari Arora
Bio Based Materials 2

16.30 Mechanical properties of bio-resorbable and non-resorbable bulk metallic glasses
Shangmou Yang, Loughborough University

16.50 Soft matter based Biomimetic Wound Healing Material
Bin Xu, Northumbria University

18.00 Drinks and Buffet - Eastside Bar, Prince's Gardens, London

Wednesday 3rd September 2025

CAGB LT300
Session 2.1a Chair: Yevgen Gorash
Fatigue & Fracture of Alloys

09.00 Stroboscopic neutron diffraction to capture crack closure during high cycle fatigue
Simon McKendrey, University of Bristol

09.20 Review of Fracture Toughness Assessment Methods using Experimental Data from RPV Steel Sub-sized Specimens †
Ben Sargeant, Imperial College London

09.40 High-temperature fatigue testing of turbine blades
Mateusz Kopec, IPPT PAN

10.00 Predicting the Fatigue Life of S355 High Frequency Induction Welded Sections †
Peter Hanna, Imperial College London

10.20 Evaluation of Frequency Effect for Fatigue using High Strain Rate Tensile Testing
Yevgen Gorash, University of Strathclyde

CAGB LT309
Session 2.1b Chair: Wei Fan
Additive Manufacturing of Polymers and Composites

09.00 The experimental investigation of shear response of epoxy matrix under compression
Bohao Zhang, University of Bristol

09.20 In Situ Study of Deformation and Fracture in a 3D Printed Short Fibre Composite
Chunxi Mo, University of Oxford

09.40 Dynamic Characterisation of Additively Manufactured Honeycomb Architectures for Enhanced Energy Dissipation
James Lee, University of Oxford

10.00 In situ study of strains in a 3D Printed Composite by Dual X-Ray Imaging and Diffraction
Liusiyuan He, University of Oxford

10.20 Influence of Print Orientation on the Dynamic Fracture Behavior of Two Additive Thermosets
Leslie Lamberson, Colorado School of Mines

Skemp 201
Session 2.1c Chair: Lloyd Fletcher
Multiscale Approaches to Strain Characterisation

09.00 VDASE a Novel Volumetric Strain Measurement Technique Based on Shake the Box Particle Tracking
Thomas Pritchard, Swansea University

09.20 Investigating of local strain evolution of three different strain path using full kinematic field measurements
Raphaël Le Franc, University of Rennes

09.40 Double bridge shear testing of sheet metals using 2D micro-DIC
Bojan Starman, University of Ljubljana

10.00 Simulated DIC Images for Design and Validation of Cryogenic Mechanical Testing
Lorna Sibson, UK Atomic Energy Authority

10.20 A target-independent sensors-based stereo camera calibration technique enabling 3D-DIC for large structures
David Kumar, IIT Madras

10.40 Break and exhibition CAGB Rooms 649-652

CAGB LT300
Session 2.2 Chair: Neha Chandarana
Instron Young Stress Analyst Competition

11.10 Correlative nano-to whole-joint-scale strain measurements in the intervertebral disc using TomoSAXS
Alissa Parmenter, University College London

11.35 SYNCHROTRON X-RAY RADIATION INDUCED DAMAGE IN BONE DURING IN SITU μCT EXPERIMENTS
Marcin Sikorski, Heriot-Watt University

12.00 Correlating Microstructural Deformation and Slip System Activation Using HRDIC, EBSD, and Crystal Plasticity
Michael Salvini, University of Bristol

12.25 In-situ Neutron Diffraction Analysis of OFHC Copper Under Low-Cycle Fatigue for Fusion Application
Wan W Mohammad, University of Bristol

12.50 Lunch and Exhibition CAGB Rooms 649-652

CAGB LT300
Session 2.3 Chair: Catrin Davies
Measurements Lecture

14.00 Professor Philippa Reed, Professor of Structural Materials, University of Southampton

Characterising fatigue crack deformation zones: effects of microstructure, environment and stress state on strain accumulation

15.00 Break and Exhibition CAGB Rooms 649-652 Lab Tours

Millennium Hotel and Conference Centre Gloucester London, 4-18 Harrington Gardens, South Kensington, London SW7 4LH

18.30 Drinks Reception

19.00 Conference Dinner

Thursday 4th September 2025

CAGB LT300
Session 3.1a Chair: Ksenija Dvurecenska
Digital Image Correlation and Validation

09.20 Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) Digital Image Correlation Data
Megan Sampson, UK Atomic Energy Authority

09.40 Multispectral Mirrorball Images for Improved Virtual Experiments of Digital Image Correlation Setups
Owen Tyley, University of Bristol

10.00 Measurement of volume change in sheet elastomer testing using back-to-back stereo DIC
Fabrice Pierron, MatchID NV

10.20 Pyvale: An Open-Source Python Package for Image-Based Simulation Validation
Lloyd Fletcher, UK Atomic Energy Authority

10.40 Uncertainty quantification for DIC-based model validation: the influence of undermatched lens distortions
Vahid Firouzbakht, MatchID NV

CAGB LT309
Session 3.1b Chair: Daniel Mulvihill
Micro and Nano Scale Testing and Tribology

09.20 High-Speed Imaging of Contact Area Evolution in Dry Metallic Impact †
Jaffry Jaman, Imperial College London

09.40 Beyond the Hertz: Limit radius indentation model †
Vasily Rublev, Imperial College London

10.00 Adapting the rotational cone tribometer concept for stern tube seal research †
Tom Briggs, Imperial College London

10.20 Influence of silicon phase on the mechanical properties of boron carbide for ballistic applications
Pascal Forquin, Université Grenoble Alpes

10.40 Compressive Behavior of Cuttlebone-Inspired Design: A Computational study on Structural Scaling
Yokesh S, IIT-Madras

Skemp 201
Session 3.1c Chair: Gustavo Quino Quispe
Advanced Characterization & Applications

09.20 Quantitative Visualization of Cascading Dynamic Crack Bifurcations in Soda-Lime Silicate Glass
Hareesh Tippur, Auburn University

09.40 Shredding of fibre-based multilayer packaging for recyclability assessment †
Wei Fan, Imperial College London

10.00 Experimental study on the coupling effect of knots and thermal radiation in timber
William Christian, University of Liverpool

10.20 Stereo-measurements with optimal patterns processed by Localised Spectrum Analysis
Thomas Jailin, Université Clermont Auvergne

10.40 Automated Process for Calibrating Material Cards of Punctiform and Planar Joints in Finite Element Simulations †
Tim Wirtz, DLR-Vehicle Concepts

11.00 Break CAGB Rooms 649-652

CAGB LT300
Session 3.2 Chair: Catrin Davies
Plenary Session and Strain Best Paper
11.30 Strain Best Paper - Fylde Prize for 2024

Amar Peshave, Fabrice Pierron, Pascal Lava, David Moens, Dirk Vandepitte
Metrics to evaluate constitutive model fitness based on DIC experiments

12.00 Plenary: Dr Calvin M Stewart, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Ohio State University

Materials at Extremes

13.00 Lunch CAGB Rooms 649-652

CAGB LT300
Session 3.3a Chair: Matthew Roy
Testing and Characterisation of Energy Materials

14.00 Through-Thickness Microstructure and Mechanical Properties Evaluation of a TMCP S355ML Steel Plate
Hamidreza Badakhshian, University of Galway, Ireland

14.20 Strain Concentration around Geometric Features in Welding
Wenrui Shao, University of Bristol

14.40 The Impact of Plasma Transient Exposure on Structural Fusion Materials
Hannah Tipping, University of Bristol

15.00 A hybrid surface fitting module for analysis in the Python Contour Method software
Zhe Cai, University of Manchester

CAGB LT309
Session 3.3b Chair: William Christian
Innovative Methods in Structural and Material Characterization

14.00 Accurate bridge deflection measurement using drone imagery via phase-based motion analysis
Shien Ri, AIST

14.20 Digital Image Correlation (DIC) for Fatigue Assessment of High-Strength Nuclear Steel under Low-Cycle Loading
Faruq Zuhair. Sheffield Hallam University

14.40 3D DIC for the CTE measurement of complex microelectronic structures
Natasha Crossley, Heriot-Watt University

15.00 Mechanical characterisation of bio-based epoxy resin using Shear Compression Specimen
Mounika C Karlapudi, University of Bristol

Skemp 201
Session 3.3c Chair: Janice Barton
Infrared & Thermal Methods 2

14.00 Exploiting the non-adiabatic thermoelastic response for assessment of CFRP
Janice Barton, University of Bristol

14.20 Infrared based-surface calorimetry unravel many mysteries in the deformation of natural rubber
Jean-Benoit Le Cam, Institute of Physics, Rennes

14.40 Acoustic emission and passive thermography monitoring of transverse cracking in CFRP cross-ply laminates
Spyros Spyridonidis, University of Bristol

15.00 Evaluating Thermal Stresses from Measured In-plane Displacements Based on the Principle of Superposition
Satoru Yoneyama, Aoyama Gakuin University

15.30 Closing Session - Catrin Davies and Hari Arora, Swansea University CAGB LT300 Finish 16.00

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