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This book is a collection of lectures for the course on Selected Advanced Topics in Experimental Mechanics, given during the Bernoulli Session of the International Centre for Mechanical Sciences Udine, September 25 - October 4, 1978. The purpose of the course was to present, illustrate and discuss some current major trends in Experimental Mechanics, from both practical and theoretical points of view. The developing trends in Experimental Mechanics can be characterized as trends leading not only to technological improvement of experimental methods and development of new methods within existing theoretical framework, but also as trends leading to essential conceptual changes. Obviously, such changes are needed