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ABSTRACT

Comparison of the Virtual Fields Method and the Optimization Method to Characterize Regional Variations in Material Properties of Soft Tissues

Yue Mei^1,2,3, Stephane Avril^3,*

1 State Key Laboratory of Structural Analysis for Industrial Equipment, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116023, China.
2 International Research Center for Computational Mechanics, Dalian University of Technology, China.
3 Mines Saint-Étienne, Univ Lyon, Univ Jean Monnet, INSERM, U 1059 Sainbiose, Centre CIS Saint-Étienne, France.
* Corresponding Author: Stephane Avril. Email: avril@emse.fr.