From theory to reality - Seeing in microscopic detail

Combining theory, hands-on experimentation, visual learning, and technology evolution, DefleX®-3D is our teaching system helping students learn about 3D digital image correlation (DIC) that measures and visualises full-field surface deformations, strains and displacements. 

Designed for teaching, it enables students to explore material behaviour, experimental mechanics, and design validation with real-world data. Simple to calibrate and quick to set up, using two digital cameras and image analysis software, DefleX®-3D captures surface changes in real-time or playback, enabling footage manipulation and data analysis whenever, wherever.

A bench top frame with load cells and cantilevers for the study of deflection and forces on different types of beams for a wide range of supports and loads; also demonstrates Young's modulus.

Shows the various modes of buckling (elastic collapse or crippling) of slender compression members.

A set of carbon composite beams with varied construction. The different construction of each beam exhibiting differing bending/stiffness characteristics.

A set of carbon composite beams with cored construction. The different composition of the core of each beam exhibiting differing bending/stiffness characteristics.

A set of carbon composite beams with a varied construction along their lengths. The different composition of each beam exhibiting differing bending/stiffness characteristics along its length.

A set of carbon composite beams with varied construction. The different construction of each beam exhibiting differing bending/stiffness characteristics.

A set of carbon composite beams with cored construction. The different composition of the core of each beam exhibiting differing bending/stiffness characteristics.

A set of carbon composite beams with a varied construction along their lengths. The diff erent composition of each beam exhibiting differing bending/stiffness characteristics along its length.