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Data Assimilation in Computational Mechanics – Recent Advances and New Trends

Guest Editors: 

  • Ludovic Chamoin (ENS Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France)
  • Andrea Manzoni (Politecnio di Milano, Milan, Italy)
  • Karen Veroy-Grepl (RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany)

The use of experimental data in association with simulation models has become an active research topic. Indeed, new experimental facilities (such as digital image/volume correlation (DIC/DVC)) now enable to collect a large and diversified amount of data, and these may be used to identify and validate complex models, or to enhance predictions made by simulations tools. Furthermore, data and models are more and more intertwined to improve knowledge in applications dealing with structural health monitoring and control for instance, with potential real-time dialogue between simulators and connected physical systems (e.g., the DDDAS concept).

However, many challenges dealing with data filtering, computational cost, or
numerical robustness need to be addressed in order to incorporate data efficiently. 

The goal of this special issue is to present, in both deterministic and stochastic (Bayesian) contexts, recent fundamental advances in data assimilation and inverse methods with regards to innovative and powerful numerical approaches which emerged during the last years. 

Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all of the journal’s standard policies, including those pertaining to Collections. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.


  1. Surrogate modelling is a powerful tool to replace computationally expensive nonlinear numerical simulations, with fast representations thereof, for inverse analysis, model-based control or optimization. For so...

    Authors: Boukje M. de Gooijer, Jos Havinga, Hubert J. M. Geijselaers and Anton H. van den Boogaard
    Citation: Advanced Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Sciences 2021 8:25
  2. This research work deals with the implementation of so-called Dynamic Data-Driven Application Systems (DDDAS) in structural mechanics activities. It aims at designing a real-time numerical feedback loop betwee...

    Authors: Paul-Baptiste Rubio, Ludovic Chamoin and François Louf
    Citation: Advanced Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Sciences 2021 8:4
  3. Tagged Magnetic Resonance images (tagged-MRI) are generally considered to be the gold standard of medical imaging in cardiology. By imaging spatially-modulated magnetizations of the deforming tissue, indeed, t...

    Authors: Alexandre Imperiale, Dominique Chapelle and Philippe Moireau
    Citation: Advanced Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Sciences 2021 8:2
  4. A major challenge in constructing three dimensional patient specific hemodynamic models is the calibration of model parameters to match patient data on flow, pressure, wall motion, etc. acquired in the clinic....

    Authors: Christopher J. Arthurs, Nan Xiao, Philippe Moireau, Tobias Schaeffter and C. Alberto Figueroa
    Citation: Advanced Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Sciences 2020 7:48
  5. We propose a novel approach to structural health monitoring (SHM), aiming at the automatic identification of damage-sensitive features from data acquired through pervasive sensor systems. Damage detection and ...

    Authors: Luca Rosafalco, Andrea Manzoni, Stefano Mariani and Alberto Corigliano
    Citation: Advanced Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Sciences 2020 7:38
  6. Digital image correlation (DIC) is a full-field measurement technique. In instantaneous approaches (i.e., registering two images), DIC only gives access to displacement (or velocity) fields. Consequently, acce...

    Authors: Corentin Le Gourriérec, Stéphane Roux and François Hild
    Citation: Advanced Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Sciences 2020 7:30
  7. A new in situ vibration mode measurement method within a tomograph is proposed based on Projection-based Digital Volume Correlation techniques. Several projection angles are selected and a large number of radi...

    Authors: Clément Jailin, Thomas Jailin and Stéphane Roux
    Citation: Advanced Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Sciences 2020 7:20