Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Volume 6: Proceedings of the 2010 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics

This the sixth volume of six from the Annual Conference of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, 2010, brings together 128 chapters on Experimental and Applied Mechanics. It presents early findings from experimental and computational investigations including High Accuracy Optical Measurements of Surface Topography, Elastic Properties of Living Cells, Standards for Validating Stress Analyses by Integrating Simulation and Experimentation, Efficiency Enhancement of Dye-sensitized Solar Cell, and Blast Performance of Sandwich Composites With Functionally Graded Core.

Table of Contents:
1 High Accuracy Optical Measurements of Surface Topography 2 Industrial Finishes of Ceramic Surfaces at the Micro-level and its Influence on Strength 3 Elastic Properties of Living Cells 4 Standards for Validating Stress Analyses by Integrating Simulation and Experimentation 5 Avalanche Behavior of Minute Deformation Around Yield Point 6 The Effect of Noise on Capacitive Measurements of MEMS Geometries 7 Effects of Clearance on Thick, Single-Lap Bolted Joints Using Through-the-thickness Measuring Techniques 8 Deformation and Performance Measurements of MAV Flapping Wings 9 Dynamic Constitutive Behavior of Aluminum Alloys: Experimental & Numerical Studies 10 Estimating Surface Coverage of Gold Nanoparticles Deposited on MEMS Contents of Polycrystalline Pure Ti 11 Functionally Graded Metallic Structure for Bone Replacement 12 Dissipative Energy as an Indicator of Material Microstructural Evolution 13 Temporal Phase Stepping Photoelasticity by Load or Wavelength 14 Determination of the Isoclinic Map for Complex Photoelastic Fringe Patterns 15 A Study on the Behaviors and Stresses of O-ring Under Uniform Squeeze Rates and Internal Pressure by Transparent Type Photoelastic Experiment 16 Strength Physics at Nano-scale and Application of Optical Interferometry 17 Light Generation at the Nano Scale, Key to Interferometry at the Nano Scale 18 Mechanical Characterization of Nanowires Using a Customized Atomic Force Microscope 19 Blast Performance of Sandwich Composites With Functionally Graded Core 20 Thermal Softening of an UFG Aluminum Alloy at High Rates 21 Blast Loading Response of Glass Panels 22 Novel Approach to 3D Imaging Based on Fringe Projection Technique 23 Measuring Shear Stress in Microfluidics Using Traction Force Microscopy 24 Efficiency Enhancement of Dye-sensitized Solar Cel 25 Integration of Solar Cell With TN-LC Cell for Enhancing Power Characteristics 26 Full-field Measuring System for the Surface of Solar Cell 27 Photographic Diagnosis of Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells by Electroluminescence 28 Novel Interfacial Adhesion Experiments With Individual Carbon Nanofibers 29 Dynamic Constitutive Behavior of Reinforced Hydrogels Inside Liquid Environment 30 Osteon Size Effect on the Dynamic Fracture Toughness of Bone 31 Radial Inertia in Non-cylindrical Specimens in a Kolsky Bar 32 Core Deformation of Sandwich Composites Under Blast Loading 33 Influence of Friction-stir-welding Parameters on Texture and Mechanical Behavior 34 Measurement of Stresses in Pipelines Using Hole Drilling Rosettes 35 Incremental Computation Technique for Residual Stress Calculations Using the Integral Method 36 Experimental Investigation of Residual Stresses in Water and Air Quenched Aluminum Alloy Castings 37 Residual Stress on AISI 300 Sintered Materials 38 Practical Experiences in Hole Drilling Measurements of Residual Stresses 39 Destructive Methods for Measuring Residual Stresses: Techniques and Opportunities 40 The Contour Method Cutting Assumption: Error Minimization and Correction 41 Measurements of Residual Stress in Fracture Mechanics Coupons 42 Analysis of Large Scale Composite Components Using TSA at Low Cyclic Frequencies 43 Determining Stresses Thermoelastically Around Neighboring Holes Whose Associated Stresses Interact 44 Crack Tip Stress Fields Under Biaxial Loads Using TSA 45 Extending TSA With a Polar Stress Function to Non-circular Cutouts 46 Novel Synthetic Material Mimicking Mechanisms From Natural Nacre 47 Mechanical Characterization of Synthetic Vascular Materials 48 MgO Nanoparticles Affect on the Osteoblast Cell Function and Adhesion Strength of Engineered Tissue Constructs 49 Mechanical Interactions of Mouse Mammary Gland Cells With a Three-dimensional Matrix Construct 50 Tracking Nanoparticles Optically to Study Their Interaction With Cells 51 Coherent Gradient Sensing Microscopy: Microinterferometric Technique for Quantitative Cell Detection 52 Rate Effects in the Failure Strength of Extraterrestrial Materials 53 Determination of Dynamic Tensile Properties for Low Strength Brittle Solids 54 The Mechanical Response of Aluminum Nitride at Very High Strain Rates 55 Dynamic and Quasi-static Measurements of C-4 and Primasheet P1000 Explosives 56 Dynamic Characterization of Mock Explosive Material Using Reverse Taylor Impact Experiments 57 Mechanical Behavior of Hierarchically-structured Polymer Composites 58 Composite Design Through Biomimetic Inspirations 59 Nano-composite Sensors for Wide Range Measurement of Ligament Strain 60 Advanced Biologically-inspired Flapping Wing Structure Development 61 Characterization of Electrode-electrolyte Interface Strengths in SOFCs 62 Die Separation Strength for Deep Reactive Ion Etched Wafers Interfacial Toughness 64 An Integrated Experimental and Numerical Analysis on Notch and Interface Interaction in Same-materials 65 Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells Encapsulated in Hydrogel Matrix Materials 66 Nonlinear Viscoelasticity of Native and Engineered Ligament and Tendon 67 Spinal Ligaments: Anisotropic Characterization Using Very Small Samples 68 In-Flight Wing-membrane Strain Measurements on Bats 63 Temperature Moisture and Mode Mixity Dependent EMC- Copper (Oxide) 69 The Mechanical Properties of Musa Textilis Petiole 70 Analysis of Strain Energy Behavior Throughout a Fatigue Process 71 Relating Fatigue Strain Accumulation to Microstructure Using Digital Image Correlation 72 High Cycle Fatigue of Structural Components Using Critical Distance Methods 73 Crack Propagation Analysis of New Galata Bridge 74 Stress-dependent Elastic Behaviour of a Titanium Alloy at Elevated Temperatures 75 Numerical and Experimental Modal Analysis Applied to the Membrane of Micro Air Vehicles Pliant Wings 76 Objective Determination of Acoustic Quality in a Multipurpose Auditorium 77 Identification and Enhancement of On-stage Acoustics in a Multipurpose Auditorium Expanded Holes 80 Effect of Nonlinear Parametric Model Accuracy in Crack Prediction and Detection 81 Optical Based Residual Strain Measurements 82 Correlating Fatigue Life With Elastic and Plastic Strain Data 79 Fatigue Cracks In Fibre Metal Laminates in the Presence of Rivets and Cold 78 Fractional Calculus of Hydraulic Drag in the Free Falling Process 83 Monitoring Crack Tip Plastic Zone Size During Fatigue Loading 84 Studying Thermomechanical Fatigue of Hastelloy X Using Digital Image Correlation 85 Understanding Mechanisms of Cyclic Plastic Strain Accumulation Under High Temperature Loading Conditions 86 Simulated Corrosion-fatigue via Ocean Waves on 2024-aluminum 87 The Effect of Processing Conditions on the Properties of Thermoplastic Composites 88 Calculation of Shells and Plates Constructed From Composite Materials 89 Reducing Build Variation in Arched Guitar Plates 90 Rotation Angle Measurement Using an Electro-optic Heterodyne Interferometer 91 Digital Shadow Moiré Measurement of Out-of-Plane Hygrothermal Displacement of TFT-LCD Backlight Modules 92 Theory and Applications of Universal Phase-shifting Algorithm 93 Evaluation of Crash Energy Absorption Capacity of a Tearing Tube 94 Fracture Studies Combining Photoelasticity and Coherent Gradient Sensing for Stress Determination 95 Strength and Fracture Behavior of Diffusion Bonded Joints 96 Fabrication and Characterization of Novel Graded Bone Implant Material 97 A Dynamic Design Model for Teaching 98 Video Demonstrations to Enhance Learning of Mechanics of Materials Inside and Outside the Classroom in Classroom 101 Demonstration of Rod-wave Velocity in a Lecture Class 102 Influence of Friction-stir-welding Parameters on Texture and Tensile Behavior 103 Comparing Two Different Approaches to the Identification of the Plastic Parameters of Metals in Post-necking Regime 104 Determination of Hardening Behaviour and Contact Friction of Sheet Metal in a Multi-layered Upsetting Test 105 Measuring the Elastic Modulus of Soft Thin Films on Substrates 106 Characterization in Birefringence/Diattenuation of an Optical Fiber in a Fiber-type Polarimetry 107 Predictive Fault Detection for Missile Defense Mission Equipment and Structures 108 Portable Maintenance Support Tool Enhancing Battle Readiness of MDA Structures and Vehicles 109 A Compact System for Measurement of Absorbance of Light 110 Fracture Mechanics Analysis in Frost Breakage of Reservoir Revetment on Cold Regions 99 Experimentation and Product-making Workshop Simplified for Easy Execution 100 Illustrating Essentials of Experimental Stress Analysis Using a U-Shaped Beam 111 Combined Experimental/Numerical Assessment of Compression After Impact of Sandwich Composite Structures 112 Mechanical Behavior of Co-continuous Polymer Composites 113 Laboratory Evaluation of a Silicone Foam Sealant for Field Application on Bridge Expansion Joints 114 Effect of Prior Cold Work on the Mechanical Properties of Weldments 115 Use of Viscoplastic Models for Prediction of Deformation of Polymer Parts 116 Mechanical Characterization of SLM Specimens With Speckle Interferometry and Numerical Optimization Steel With Twinning Induced Plasticity 119 Identification and Enhancement of On-stage Acoustics in a Multipurpose Auditorium 120 Determination of Objective Architectural Acoustic Quality of a Multi-purpose Auditorium 121 Notch-interface Experiments to Determine the Crack Initiation Loads 122 Mechanical Characterization of Alternating Magnetic Field Responsive Hydrogels at Micro-scale 123 Investigation of a Force Hardening Spring System 117 Torsion/compression Testing of Grey Cast Iron for a Plasticity Model 118 Nucleation and Propagation of Portevin-Le Châtelier Bands in Austenitic 124 Resonance Behavior of Magnetostrictive Sensor in Biological Agent Detection 125 Detection of Damage Initiation and Growth of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Epoxy Composites 126 Nano-mechanical Characterization of Polypropylene Fibers Exposed to Ultraviolet and Thermal Degradation 127 Detachment Dynamics of Cancer Cells 128 Compression Testing of Biomimetic Bones With 3D Deformation Measurements.

About the Author :
Dr. Tom Proulx is the Executive Director of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, Inc.