This document outlines how the data in this repository is structured. The software required
to run the files in the repository is:

*Matlab
*LabVIEW version 14.0
*MP4 player (for instance, VLC media player)
*ABAQUS Version 6.14

The folders in the repository are structured as follows.

1) The folder "Part I" contains all the data for Part I of the paper 'Experimental 
	Path-Following of Equilibria Using Newton's Method. Part I: Theory, Modelling, Experiments'.
	The folder "Part I" contains four additional folders: "Figures", "ExpCONTROLLER_LabVIEW", 
	"ExperimentData" and "ExperimentVideo".

	1.1) The folder "Figures" contains the Matlab plots that have been used for the figures in 
   the paper. All Matlab .fig files can be opened with Matlab and the curves copied then 
   elsewhere. The data from each of the figures can also be extracted from the plots
   by accessing the object fields directly. See the Mathworks help pages for more details.
   For example, see here: 
   https://uk.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/2951-extracting-data-series-from-fig-file

	The folder "Figures" contains three additional folders:
	i) Introduction: the figures pertaining to the equilibrium path of von-Mises truss 
	presented in Section 1.
   ii) VirtualTesting: the figures pertaining to the virtual testing results presented in 
   Section 3.
   iii)Exp: the figures pertaining to experimental results and their comparisons with 
   virtual testing results presented and discussed in Sections 4, 5 and 6. 

   The folder "Figures" also contains edited .pdf versions of the Matlab figures, which 
   are the ones printed in the paper.
   
	1.2) The folder "ExpCONTROLLER_LabVIEW" contains the LabVIEW projects that measure the
	reaction forces and control the displacements of the main actuation point and the probes
	within the experimental path-following framework.
	The files can be opened with the LabVIEW version 14.0. 
	The file for the main control panel is 'CONTROLLER v0.12.vi'. The experimental 
	path-following algorithm is implemented in the file 'algorithm_Kt.vi'. 

	1.3) The folder "ExperimentData" contains the results of the experimental path-following 
	on arch specimens with three different probe locations L/6, L/4, L/3. In each probe 
	location, there are three '.txt' files, which correspond to displacement controlled 
	loading at the actuation point only (no probes), path-following from S1 traversing L1 
	(loading from normal shape) and path-following from S2 traversing L2 (loading from 
	inverted arch shape), respectively. The names for these three cases are ended with
	'-np.txt', '-1.txt', and '-2R.txt', respectively. 

	1.4) The folder "ExperimentVideo" contains the videos made based on the continuous photos 
	taken during the test.
	The format of the video is '.mp4'. The speed of the video is 200 times faster than the 
	actual tests. 
	
	
2) The folder "Part II" contains all the data for Part II of the paper, 'Experimental 
	Path-Following of Equilibria Using Newton’s Method. Part II: Applications and Outlook'.
	The folder "Part II" contains two additional folders: "Figures" and "AbaqusOdbfiles".
	
	2.1) The folder "Figures" contains the Matlab plots files that have been used for the 
	figures in the paper. All Matlab .fig files can be opened with Matlab and the curves 
	copied then elsewhere. The data from each of the figures can also be extracted from the 
	plots by accessing the object fields directly. See the Mathworks help pages for more 
	details. For example, see here: 
   https://uk.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/2951-extracting-data-series-from-fig-file

   
   The folder "Figures" contains three additional folders:
	i) ShallowArch: the figures pertaining to the effect of pre-compression on a shallow 
	arch presented in Section 3.1.
   ii) ShellRoof: the figures pertaining to the results of full equilibrium manifold of a 
   shallow roof in Section 3.2.
   iii)CylindricalShell: the figures pertaining to non-destructive testing of launch 
   vehicle structures presented and discussed in Section 3.3.
   
   The folder "Figures" also contains edited .pdf versions of the Matlab figures, which 
   are the ones printed in the paper.
   
	2.2) The folder "AbaqusOdbfiles"
   All ABAQUS .odb files can be opened with ABAQUS Version 6.14. The deformation shapes of 
   the shallow roof and cylindrical shell can be viewed and extracted using the ABAQUS CAE 
   tools. 
   
   The folder contains two additional folders:
   i) ShellRoof: contains the .odb files for the deformation profiles of shallow roof 
   presented in Figure 8. 
   ii) ImpCylinder: contains the .odb file for deformation profiles of the imperfect 
   cylinder under axial compression presented in Figure 14.
	
   
Jiajia Shen, Rainer Groh, Mark Schenk, Alberto Pirrera