Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Volume 1: Proceedings of the 2013 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics

Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Volume 1: Proceedings of the 2013 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the first 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 on: General Dynamic Material Properties Novel Dynamic Testing Techniques Dynamic Fracture and Failure Novel Testing Techniques Dynamic Behavior of Geo-materials Dynamic Behavior of Biological and Biomimetic Materials Dynamic Behavior of Composites and Multifunctional Materials Dynamic Behavior of Low-Impedance materials Multi-scale Modeling of Dynamic Behavior of Materials Quantitative Visualization of Dynamic Behavior of Materials Shock/Blast Loading of Materials.

Table of Contents:
1 Dynamic Deformation Behavior of AA2099-T8 Under Compression and Torsion Loads 2 High Strain Rate Performance of Pressureless Sintered Boron Carbide 3 Interpretation of Strain Rate Effect of Metals 4 High Strain Rate Friction Response of Porcine Molar Teeth and Temporary Braces 5 Dynamics of Interfaces with Static Initial Loading 6 Loading Rate Effects on Mode I Delamination of Z-Pinned Composite Laminates 7 Multi-scale Testing Techniques for Carbon Nanotube Augmented Kevlar 8 Single Fiber Tensile Properties Measured by the Kolsky Bar Using a Direct Fiber Clamping Method 9 A Testing Technique for Characterizing Composite at Strain Rates up to 100/s 10 A New Technique of Dynamic Spherical Indentation Based on SHPB 11 Analysis and Simulations of Quasi-static Torsion Tests on Nearly Incompressible Soft Materials 12 Damage of Rubber Foams During Large Cyclic Compression 13 Extreme Tensile Damage and Failure in Glassy Polymers via Dynamic-Tensile-Extrusion 14 Strain Rate and Temperature Dependence in PVC 15 Strain Rate Dependence of Yield Condition of Polyamide 11 16 Effect of Strain Rate on Mechanical Response of PBX Simulants 17 Effect of Loading Rate on Dynamic Fracture Toughness of Polycarbonate 18 Mixed Mode Fracture Behavior of Layered Plates 19 Failure Analysis of Micron Scaled Silicon Under High Rate Tensile Loading 20 Dynamic Fracture Analysis of Semi-circular Bending (SCB) Specimen by the Optical Method of Caustics 21 Effect of Loading Rate on Dynamic Fracture Behavior of Glass and Carbon Fiber Modified Epoxy 22 Application of Element Free Galerkin Method to high Speed crack Propagation Analysis 23 Improving Ballistic Fiber Strength: Insights from Experiment and Simulation 24 Simulating Wave Propagation in SHPB with Peridynamics 25 Investigation of Dynamic Failure of Metallic Adhesion: A Space-Technology Related Case of Study 26 Shock Wave Profile Effects on Dynamic Failure of Tungsten Heavy Alloy 27 Adhesively Joined Crush Tube Structures Subjected to Impact Loading 28 Dynamic Buckling of Submerged Tubes due to Impulsive External Pressure 29 High Strain Rate Response of Layered Micro Balloon Filled Aluminum 30 Dynamic Triaxial Compression Experiments on Cor-Tuf Specimens 31 Deceleration-Displacement Response for Projectiles That Penetrate Concrete Targets 32 Dynamic Fracture and Impact Energy Absorption Characteristics of PMMA-PU Transparent Interpenetrating Polymer Networks (IPNs) 33 Estimating Statistically-Distributed Grain-Scale Material Properties from Bulk-Scale Experiments 34 Spall Behavior of Cast Iron with Varying Microstructures 35 A Scaling Law for APM2 Bullets and Aluminum Armor 36 A Novel Torsional Kolsky Bar for Testing Materials at Constant-Shear-Strain Rates 37 A New Method for Dynamic Fracture Toughness Determination Using Torsion Hopkinson Pressure Bar 38 Characterization of Sheet Metals in Shear over a Wide Range of Strain Rates 39 Material Identification of Blast Loaded Aluminum Plates Through Inverse Modeling 40 Implosion of a Tube Within a Closed Tube: Experiments and Computational Simulations 41 Testing Techniques for Shock Accelerometers below 10,000 g 42 ONR MURI Project on Soil Blast Modeling and Simulation 43 Dynamic Behavior of Saturated Soil Under Buried Explosive Loading 44 Sand Penetration: A Near Nose Investigation of a Sand Penetration Event 45 Poncelet Coefficients of Granular Media 46 Effect of Moisture on the Compressive Behavior of Dense Eglin Sand Under Confinement at High Strain Rates 47 Shearing Rate Effects on Dense Sand and Compacted Clay 48 High-Energy Diffraction Microscopy Characterization of Spall Damage 49 Quantitative Visualization of High-Rate Material Response with Dynamic Proton Radiography 50 Investigation of Dynamic Material Cracking with In Situ Synchrotron-Based Measurements 51 Impact Bend Tests Using Hopkinson Pressure Bars 52 A Methodology for In-Situ FIB/SEM Tension Testing of Metals 53 Characterization of Damage Evolution in Ti2AlC and Ti3SiC2 Under Compressive Loading 54 Viscoelastic Behaviour of Maturating Green Poplar Wood 55 Permeability and Microcracking of Geomaterials Subjected to Dynamic Loads 56 Vibration Analysis and Design of a Monumental Stair 57 Improvement of Safety Engineering Design in Rotating Structures by Detection of Resonance Frequency Signals 58 Dynamic Compressive Response of Unsaturated Clay Under Confinements 59 Dynamic Tensile Testing of Based and Welded Automotive Steel.

About the Author :
Bo Song, Department of Mechanics of Materials, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, USA. Dan Casem, Aberdeen Proving Ground, US Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen, USA. Jamie Kimberley, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, USA.