“…Displacements can be measured on the surface of a soil specimen using contact or contactless measurement techniques, like LVDT (Linear Variable Differential Transformer) sensors (Huawen, et al, 2019), fiberoptic sensors (Xu, 2017), optical methods (Iskander, 2010) including photogrammetry and particle image velocimetry (PIV) (White, et al, 2003), (Gill & Lehane, 2001), chemiluminescent sensors (Kuang, 2018), or optical flow . And inside a specimen, using X-ray tomography or magnetic resonance imaging (Desrues, et al, 2006), (Tyrologou, et al, 2005), (Kong, et al, 2018) which is often too expensive, economically unjustified and available only for the best-equipped geotechnical laboratories.…”