Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Volume 1: Proceedings of the 2011 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics

Dynamic Behavior of Materials represents one of eight volumes of technical papers presented at the Society for Experimental Mechanics Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, held at Uncasville, Connecticut, June 13-16, 2011. The full set of proceedings also includes volumes on Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials, Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials and Processes in Conventional and Multifunctional Materials, MEMS and Nanotechnology; Optical Measurements, Modeling and, Metrology; Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Thermomechanics and Infra-Red Imaging, and Engineering Applications of Residual Stress.

Table of Contents:
1 Punch Response of Gels at Different Loading Rates 2 A Kolsky Torsion Bar Technique for Characterization of Dynamic Shear Response of Soft Materials 3 Loading Rate Effect on the Tensile Failure of Concrete and Its Constituents Using Diametrical Compression and Direct Tension 4 Influence of Strain-rate and Confining Pressure on the Shear Strength of Concrete 5 Dynamic Tensile Properties of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete 6 Effect of Liquid Environment on Dynamic Constitutive Response of Reinforced Gels 7 Ballistic Gelatin Characterization and Constitutive Modeling 8 Strain Rate Response of Cross-linked Polymer Epoxies Under Uni-axial Compression 9 Strength and Failure Energy for Adhesive Interfaces as a Function of Loading Rate 10 Fracture in Layered Plates Having Property Mismatch Across the Crack Front 11 Stress Variations and Particle Movements During Penetration Into Granular Materials 12 Sand Particle Breakage Under High-pressure and High-rate Loading 13 Experimental and Numerical Study of Wave Propagation in Granular Media 14 Communication of Stresses by Chains of Grains in High-Speed Particulate Media Impacts 15 Effects of Thermal Treated on the Dynamic Facture Properties Using a Semi-circular Bend Technique 16 Networks (t-IPNs) 17 Dynamic Ring-on-Ring Equibiaxial Flexural Strength of Borosilicate Glass 18 Stress-strain Response of PMMA as a Function of Strain-rate and Temperature 19 Dynamic Behavior of Three PBXs with Different Temperatures 20 Dynamic Compressive Properties of A PBX Analog as a Function of Temperature and Strain Rate 21 Dynamic Response of Shock Loaded Architectural Glass Panels 22 A Dynamic Punch Method to Quantify the Dynamic Shear Strength of Brittle Solids 23 A Sensored Projectile Impact on a Composite Sandwich Panel 24 Cut Resistance and Fracture Toughness of High Performance Fibers 25 Kolsky Tension Bar Techniques for Dynamic Characterization of Alloys 26 Prediction of Dynamic Forces in Fire Service Escape Scenarios 27 Development and Characterization of a PU-PMMA Transparent Interpenetrating Polymer Tensile Behavior of Kevlar 49 Woven Fabrics over a Wide Range of Strain Rates 28 The Effect of Loading Rate on the Tensile Behavior of Single Zylon Fiber 29 Statistical Analysis of Fiber Gripping Effects on Kolsky bar Test 30 Perpendicular Yarn Pull-out Behavior Under Dynamic Loading 31 Dynamic Response of Homogeneous and Functionally Graded Foams When Subjected to Transient Loading by a Square Punch 32 Dynamic Strain Measurement of Welded Tensile Specimens Using Digital Image Correlation 33 Ultra High Speed Full-field Strain Measurements on Spalling Tests on Concrete Materials 34 Contact Mechanics of Impacting Slender Rods: Measurement and Analysis 35 Solenoid Actuated, Rail Mounted, Aircraft Payload Release Mechanisms 36 Finite Element Modeling of Ballistic Impact on Kevlar 49 Fabrics 37 Optimal Pulse Shapes for SHPB Tests on Soft Materials 38 Dynamic Tensile Characterization of Foam Materials 39 On Measuring the High Frequency Response of Soft Viscoelastic Materials at Finite Strains 40 The Blast Response of Sandwich Composites With a Graded Core: Equivalent Core Layer Mass vs. Equivalent Core Layer Thickness 41 Effects of High and Low Temperature on the Dynamic Performance of the Core Material, Face-sheets and the Sandwich Composite 42 Influence of Texture and Temperature on the Dynamic-tensile-extrusion Response of High-purity Zirconium 43 Modeling and DIC Measurements of Dynamic Compression Tests of a Soft Tissue Simulant 44 Measurement of R-values at Intermediate Strain Rates Using a Digital Speckle Extensometry 45 Study of Strain Energy in Deformed Insect Wings 46 Experimental Study of Cable Vibration Damping 47 Dynamic Thermo-mechanical Response of Austenite Containing Steels 48 Investigation into the Spall Strength of Cast Iron 49 Development of Brick and Mortar Material Parameters for Numerical Simulations 50 Electrical Behavior of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Epoxy Under Compression 51 Effect of Curvature on Shock Loading Response of Aluminum Panels 52 Deformation Measurements and Simulations of Blast Loaded Plates 53 The Blast Response of Sandwich Composites With Bi-axial In-plane Compressive Loading 54 Dynamic Response of Porcine Articular Cartilage and Meniscus under Shock Loading 55 Dynamic Response of Beams Under Transverse Impact Loadings 56 Constitutive Model Parameter Study for Armor Steel and Tungsten Alloys 57 A Scaled Model Describing the Rate-dependent Compressive Failure of Brittle Materials 58 Experimental Verification of Negative Phase Velocity in Layered Media 59 Gas Gun Impact Analysis on Adhesives in Sandwich Composite Panels 60 Damage Analysis of Projectile Impacted Laminar Composites 61 Rate Sensitivity in Pure Ni Under Dynamic Compression 62 Temperature Effect on Drop-weight Impact of Woven Composites 63 Dynamic Mode-II Characterization of a Woven Glass Composite 64 Rate Dependent Material Properties of an OFHC Copper Film 65 Zirconium: Probing the Role of Texture Using Dynamic-tensile-extrusion.

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