Visual method for measuring forming limit curve of pliable composite film

To address the difficulty in measuring the strain limit of pliable composite film forming tests, a measurement method based on binocular stereo vision combined with digital image correlation is proposed. Firstly, to address the image matching problem in large deformations or cracks in thin films, a weak-correlation step-by-step matching method based on adaptive updating of image matching benchmarks is proposed according to the continuity of adjacent state deformation of series images. Then, according to the differences in the surface strain distribution of the film material with that of the steel parts, a strain field is proposed to fit the limit strain curve of the film material. The software and hardware system of visual measurement is built, and the limit strain curve of a Q235 steel specimen is measured and compared to results from the coordinate grid method. The limit strain accuracy can be improved by 0.02%, which proves the feasibility and accuracy of this method. The pliable composite film specimens prepared by PET, Nylon, Al foil, PP were each measured. The method and system successfully completed the measurement of the forming limit curve of the pliable composite film. The comparative experiments show that the proposed method can quickly and accurately measure the surface strain distribution of pliable composite film during forming. Compared with the coordinate grid method, it has obvious advantages and provides a highly reliable and highly precise method for solving the forming limit strain curve of film materials.