Advances in Experimental Mechanics IV: (Volumes 3-4 Applied Mechanics and Materials)

Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS). The papers in this useful volume reflect the diverse nature of Experimental Mechanics. They cover topics ranging from small-scale experimentation to the assessment of full-scale structures. Novel sensing and sensor technologies are fully covered, as well as full-field techniques for stress/strain analysis. A section on applications and case studies features an entire session dedicated to vehicle component studies. The stresses which develop during manufacture and forming are covered in a session dedicated to manufacturing processes.

Table of Contents:
Design and Development of Lifeboats - Damage Evaluation and Repair of Composite Structures Stress Analysis and Identification with Full-Field Measurements Knowledge of Service Loads – The Key to Structural Integrity Elastic-Plastic Behaviour of a Plate with a Central Hole by Photoelastic Coating Method Experimental Application of the Virtual Fields Method to Elasto-Plastic Behaviour Elastic-Plastic Stress Analyses by Digital Image Correlation and Nonlinear Hybrid Method Thermoelastic Stress Analysis of Nitinol Self-Expanding Stents A New Method of Measuring Young's Modulus for Flexible Thin Materials Using a Cantilever Tensile Testing of MEMS Materials at High Temperatures In Situ Measurement of Internal Stress in Electroless Plating by Television Holographic Interferometry Fatigue Limit Evaluations of a Complex Structure by Using Temperature Measurements Design of an Ultrasonic Blade for Cutting Bone FE Simulation of Laser Ultrasonic Surface Waves in a Biomaterial Model Material Identification Using a Bi-Axial Test Machine Ultrasonic Compression Tests on Aluminium The Application of Fine Increment Hole Drilling for Measuring Machining-Induced Residual Stresses Experimental Measurement of the Deformation in Hot Rolling of Aluminium 1% Mn: The Grid Technique Experimental and Finite Element Study of Welded T-Joints Residual Stresses Prediction for CO2 Laser Butt-Welding of 304-Stainless Steel Mechanical Testing of Dual Alloy Inertia Friction Welded Shafts Influence of the Heat-Treatment Process on the Mechanical Properties and Dimensions of Multi-Filamentary Composite Nb3 Sn Superconducting Wires Thermoelastic Stress Analysis of Composite Finger Joints Determination of the Matrix of Rigidity of a Composite Material by the Combination of Speckle Interferometry and Ultrasonic Measurements Identification of the Through-Thickness Orthotropic Stiffness of Composite Tubes from Full-Field Measurements Investigation on the Influence of the Surface Resin Rich Layer on the Thermoelastic Signal from Different Composite Laminate Lay-Ups Load and Geometry Effect on Failure Mode Initiation of Composite Sandwich Beams Interlaminar Shear Strength and Fractographic Evaluation with Varying Temperature and Moisture Content of Thermoplastic Composites Characterization of the Nonlinear Shear Behaviour of UD Composite Materials Using the Virtual Fields Method Characterisation of Interlaminar Shear Strength of a Unidirectional Carbon/Epoxy Laminated Composite under Impact Loading Spar Corner Radius Integrity for the A400M Wing Developments in RGB Photoelasticity Phase-Shifting Method with Unknown Intervals in Phase-Shifting Digital Holography Transition Saddle-Cylinder Shape of Thin Unsymmetric [0/90] Square Plates under Hygrothermal Loads: Fringe Projection Method and Variational Approach Simultaneous Measurement of Out-of-Plane and In-Plane Displacements by Phase-Shifting Digital Holographic Interferometry Complete Two-Dimensional Principal Stress Separation by the Photoelastic Oblique Incidence Method Measurement of Stokes Parameters by Quarter-Wave Plate and Polarizer Semi Empirical Stress Analysis of a Brittle Material in a Vicinity of a Stress Concentrator Dissipative Behaviour of Metallic Materials in Low Stress Cyclic Loading An Experimental and Finite Element Study of the Ductile Tearing Characteristics of High-Toughness Gas Pipeline Steel Design of a Multi-Axial Test Specimen for Fretting Fatigue in Splined Couplings Predicting the Crack Growth Behavior in a Filled Elastomer Interaction Effects of Stress Intensity Factors in Parallel Cracks under Transitional Thermal-Loads An Inverse Procedure for Determining the Material Constants of Isotropic Square Plates by Impulse Excitation of Vibration Rolling Bearings Monitoring and Damage Detection Methodology Experimental Application of the Virtual Fields Method to the Identification of Material Properties Using Vibrating Plates A Study on Vibration-Based Damage Detection and Location in an Aircraft Wing Scaled Model Experimental Determination of SEA Parameters of Stiffened Cylindrical Shell Structure Locating Defects Using Dynamic Strain Analysis and Artificial Neural Networks High-Resolution Neutron Diffraction for Nondestructive Analysis of Residual Stresses in Polycrystalline Materials Measurement on Rotating Mechanical Component by Thermoelasticity Evaluation of Rugged 'Smart Patch' Fibre-Optic Strain Sensors On the Stiffness and the Reinforcement Effect of Electrical Resistance Strain Gauges On the Feasibility of Thermoelastic Stress Analysis on Rapid Prototyping Models Experimental Studies of the Behaviour at High Strain Rates of Unfilled and Filled Polypropylenes Measurement and Analysis of Impact Test Data for X100 Pipeline Steel Plastic Response of Nested Systems under Static and Dynamic Loading Conditions Using FE and Experimental Techniques Behaviour of Multi-Layered Corrugated Paperboard Cushioning Systems under Impact Loads Traceability of Optical Techniques for Strain Measurement On the Calibration of Optical Full-Field Strain Measurement Systems Standard Test for the Evaluation of Optical Strain Measurement Systems A New Measurement and Testing Procedure Based on Thermoelasticity for Motorcycle Frame Prototype Development Innovative Remote Video Monitoring of Railway Track Displacements Measuring the Torsional Stiffness of a Space Frame Chassis Using 3D Motion Capture Techniques Finite Element Aided Design Evolution of Composite Leaf Spring Measurement of the Large Strain Behaviour of Aircraft Tyre Rubber