Open Data in Experimental Mechanics

[diehlpk]

Hi,

we are at the Laboratory of Multiscale Mechanics at Polytechnique Montreal and started a project for Open Data in Experimental Mechanics [0]. We realized this issue during our work in the laboratory

The availability of experimental results is limited because they are scattered in publications. The access to experimental data could be beneficial for mechanical engineers and computational engineers to improve their research. In publications details necessary to reproduce the experiment or design the simulation for a benchmark are often missing. A platform is therefore needed to share experimental data sets in mechanics, rating it with respect to reproducibility and quality of the experimental setup for benchmarks with simulation results. Thus, both communities could enhance the understanding of material behavior and fasten their research.

And started to work on the following project as a solution

Accessible reliable and fully described experimental data is critically lacking in the materials/mechanics community to validate accurate predictive models. Our project proposes a platform for researchers to present their experimental results as standardized datasets. Experimental researchers can then obtain a DOI for their datasets, making them citable by others.

We think it could be interesting to advertise it here and maybe find new collaborators.

[0] https://opendataexpmechanics.github.io/

[char-siuu-bao]

Thanks @diehlpk! You might also be interested in posting your project on the OpenCon Collaborate platform's project directory: http://www.opencon2017.org/community_projects_directory

Also wondering if you are familiar with Figshare and Dryad? There might be overlap with your project!

[diehlpk]

Thanks, we will have a look at these projects. We like the idea to advertise our project at the OpenCon too.