The Experimental Mechanics Laboratory was set up in 1969 when it was then called the Strength of Materials Laboratory dealing mainly with strain gauging, photoelasticity and moiré interferometry. Since then, it has evolved into research in Experimental Stress Analysis, Numerical Stress Analysis, Image Processing Technique, BioMechanics and BioMaterials. At the same time, it has also provide strain gauging facilities, materials testing services and laboratory support for undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Currently our research areas cover:

Holography, Shearography and Speckle Method
Photoelasticity
Moiré Interferometry
Strain Gauge Technique

Numerical Stress Analysis:

Computational Fracture Mechanics
Delamination and Impact Damage Modeling in Composite Structure

Image Processing Techniques:

Phase Shifting
Fast Fourier Transform (FFT)
Digital Correlation

Applications:

Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation
Metrology
Biomechanics and BioMaterials
MEMS