Annotated digital image correlation displacement fields from fatigue crack growth experiments on aluminium alloys

We present a curated dataset of planar displacement fields from eight fatigue crack growth experiments obtained via full-field digital image correlation (DIC). The dataset covers multiple aerospace-grade aluminium alloys, specimen geometries, material orientations, and load configurations, providing a diverse experimental basis for data-driven fracture mechanics research. Crack tip locations are consistently annotated using an iterative correction procedure applied to all measurements, and fracture mechanical descriptors like stress-intensity factors are provided as additional labels. The dataset comprises 8,794 unique experimentally observed displacement fields and a total of 70,352 supervised samples generated through standardized interpolation and augmentation. DIC data is provided as uniformly interpolated displacement grids at three standardized resolutions (28 × 28, 64 × 64, and 128 × 128 pixels), each available in three dataset sizes to support scalable use cases ranging from educational applications to high-capacity model development. Accompanying metadata and a Python interface facilitate filtering, loading, and integration into reproducible machine learning and fracture mechanics workflows.

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Scientific Data
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2026-06-26
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-026-07722-1
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Optical measurement and interference techniques
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Annotated digital image correlation displacement fields from fatigue crack growth experiments on aluminium alloys

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Abstract

We present a curated dataset of planar displacement fields from eight fatigue crack growth experiments obtained via full-field digital image correlation (DIC). The dataset covers multiple aerospace-grade aluminium alloys, specimen geometries, material orientations, and load configurations, providing a diverse experimental basis for data-driven fracture mechanics research. Crack tip locations are consistently annotated using an iterative correction procedure applied to all measurements, and fracture mechanical descriptors like stress-intensity factors are provided as additional labels. The dataset comprises 8,794 unique experimentally observed displacement fields and a total of 70,352 supervised samples generated through standardized interpolation and augmentation. DIC data is provided as uniformly interpolated displacement grids at three standardized resolutions (28 × 28, 64 × 64, and 128 × 128 pixels), each available in three dataset sizes to support scalable use cases ranging from educational applications to high-capacity model development. Accompanying metadata and a Python interface facilitate filtering, loading, and integration into reproducible machine learning and fracture mechanics workflows.

Scientific DataVol. 13(1)
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR) (DE)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
Openalex Percentile: Top 5%
Optical measurement and interference techniques
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