eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Mechanical Engineering 2328-4110 2017-12-15 5 6 293 297 10.12691/ajme-5-6-12 AJME20175612 article Martin Hagara martin.hagara@tuke.sk 1 Miroslav Pástor 1 Department of Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Košice, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Košice, Slovakia The contribution deals with a full-field stress analysis of the crane hook model. The investigation was realized using numerical as well as experimental analysis. In numerical analysis, the software based on finite element method was used. Experimental analysis was performed in laboratory conditions via non-contact optical method of digital image correlation. The results in a form of von Mises stress obtained by both approaches along identical virtual line gages, were depicted and compared. The paper briefly describes the methodologies of both, experimental and numerical types of modeling. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajme/5/6/12/ajme-5-6-12.pdf crane hook stress analysis finite element analysis digital image correlation