Challenges In Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials and Processes in Conventional and Multifunctional Materials, Volume 2: Proceedings of the 2013 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics

Challenges in Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials and Processes in Conventional and Multifunctional Materials, Volume 2: Proceedings of the 2013 SEM Annual Conference& Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the second volume of eight from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Experimental Mechanics, including papers in the following general technical research areas: Metallic, Polymeric and Composite Materials Effects of Extreme Environments including Radiation Resistance, Damage, and Aging Challenges in Time-dependent Behavior Modeling of Low, Moderate and High Strain Rates Effects of Frequency and Hysteretic Heating Effects of Inhomogeneities on the Time-Dependent Behavior Composite, Hybrid and Multifunctional Materials Challenges in Time-dependent Behavior Modeling Viscoelastoplasticity and Damage Effects of Interfaces and Interphases on the Time-Dependent Behavior Environmental and Reactive Property Change Effects on Thermomechanical and Multifunctional Behaviors Modeling and Characterization of Fabrication Processes of Conventional and Multifunctional Materials Time-dependent and Small-scale Effects in Micro/Nano-scale Testing Time-dependent Processes in Biomaterials.

Table of Contents:
1 Micromechanics of the Deformation and Failure Kinetics of Semicrystalline Polymers 2 Stress-Relaxation Behavior of Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) (PMMA) Across the Glass Transition Temperature 3 The Effect of Stoichiometric Ratio on Viscoelastic Properties of Polyurea 4 Dynamic Properties for Viscoelastic Materials Over Wide Range of Frequency 5 Spatio-Temporal Principal Component Analysis of Full-Field Deformation Data 6 Master Creep Compliance Curve for Random Viscoelastic Material Properties 7 Processability and Mechanical Properties of Polyoxymethylene in Powder Injection Molding 8 Constitutive Response of Electronics Materials 9 Analytical and Experimental Protocols for Unified Characterizations in Real Time Space for Isotropic Linear Viscoelastic Moduli from 1–D Tensile Experiments 10 High Temperature Multiaxial Creep-Fatigue and Creep-Ratcheting Behavior of Alloy 617 11 Metastable Austenitic Steels and Strain Rate History Dependence 12 Measurement Uncertainty Evaluation for High Speed Tensile Properties of Auto-body Steel Sheets 13 Effect of Water Absorption on Time-Temperature Dependent Strength of CFRP 14 Stress and Pressure Dependent Thermo-Oxidation Response of Poly (Bis)Maleimide Resins 15 Comparison of Sea Water Exposure Environments on the Properties of Carbon Fiber Vinylester Composites 16 Low-Density, Polyurea-Based Composites: Dynamic Mechanical Properties and Pressure Effect 17 Haynes 230 High Temperature Thermo-Mechanical Fatigue Constitutive Model Development 18 Temperature and Strain Rate Effects on the Mechanical Behavior of Ferritic Stainless Steels 19 Modeling and Simulation in Validation Assessment of Failure Predictions for High Temperature Pressurized Pipes 20 Unified Constitutive Modeling of Haynes 230 for Isothermal Creep-Fatigue Responses.

About the Author :
Bonnie Antoun, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, USA. H. Jerry Qi, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA. Richard Hall, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, USA. G P Tandon, University of Dayton Research Institute, Dayton, USA. Hongbing Lu, University of Texas-Dallas, Dallas, USA. Charles Lu, University of Kentucky, Paducah, USA. Jevan Furmanski, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, USA. Alireza Amirkhizi, University California San Diego, La Jolla, USA.