Mendonça, Bebiana Alexandra BragançaRibeiro, J.E.Lopes, HernaniMartins, PedroVaz, M.A.P.Gomes, J.F. Silva2014-09-032014-09-032013Mendonça, B.; Ribeiro, J.E.; Lopes, H.; Martins, P.; Vaz, M.A.P.; Gomes, Silva (2013). Displacement and strain field assessment of PDMS using digital image correlation. In 4th International Conference on Integrity, Reliability and Failure – IRF2013. Funchal - Madeirahttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/10284The main goal of this work is the characterization of the hyper-elastic mechanical behaviour of PDMS. The special specimens of PDMS (Sylgard® 184) were tested in a bi-axial tensile machine. During the tensile test was used a commercial digital image correlation system (ARAMIS of GOM) to obtain de displacement and strain fields. These measurements are compared with numerical simulations which use the most popular algorithms of constitutive models.engPolydimethylsiloxaneHyper-elasticDigital image correlationFinite element methodconference object