Abstract: Digital Image Correlation (DIC) has become indispensable for non-contact strain measurement in civil and mechanical engineering, yet its accuracy critically depends on user-defined input ...

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This work aims to reveal the macro-meso fracture evolution responses of fault zone samples subjected to repeated freeze-thaw (FT) weathering utilizing digital image correlation technology (DIC).