Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Volume 6, 2011
Proceedings of the 2011 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics
Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series

Experimental and Applied Mechanics 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 Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials, Challenges in 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.

A Rocking Spalling Test to Characterise the Crack Speed in Brittle Materials.- Crack Growth Behavior in Preloaded Metallic Nested-angle Plates Under Flight Load Spectrum.- Experimental and Finite Element Analysis (FEM) of Bioceramics.- Damage Analysis of the Ceramic Reinforced Steel Matrix Composites Sheets: Experimental and Numerical Study.- Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Polymeric Materials Aged in PEM Fuel Cell Conditions.- "Mechanical Characterization and Modeling.- of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells and Stacks".- The Impulse Imparted Upon Monolithic Metal Plates due to Blast Loading.- Investigation in Shear Behavior of Intermetallic Composites Using V-notched Beam Test Method.- The Influence of Sample Thickness on the DCDC Fracture Test.- Analysis of Hysteresis Damage Accumulation and the Effect on Fatigue Life.- Fatigue Improvement of Welded Elements by Ultrasonic Impact Peening.- Delamination Between Functionalized Silicon Surfaces.- Failure and Fracture Behavior of Brittle Polymer Foam.- Crack Growth in Three-point Bend Specimens Made of Polymeric Foams.- Reliability Evaluation of Conformal Coatings for Tin Whisker Failure Mitigation in Accelerated Testing Conditions.- Investigation of Manganese Cobalt Oxide (MCO) Coatings on Fuel Cell Interconnects.- Extracting Crack-tip Field Parameters in Anisotropic Elastic Solids From Full-field Measurements Using Least-squares Method and Conservation Integrals.- Velocity Measuring Approaches for the Determination of Ballistic Limits of GLARE 5 Fiber-metal Laminate Plates.- Underwater Explosive Loading of Curved Composite Plates: Experimental and Computational Comparisons.- Adhesion Strength in Metal/Polymer Composites.- Modal-parameter Identification From Nonstationary Ambient Vibration Data.- High-speed Digital Image Correlation Measurements of Random Nonlinear Dynamic Response.- Experimental Modal Analysis of an Inflatable, Self-rigidizing Toroidal Satellite Component.- Selective Excitation Using Phase Shifted Ultrasound Radiation Force From Focused Transducers in air.- The Steelpan as a Tool to Incite Interest in Engineering Education.- Non-contacting Strain Measurement in Dynamic Tensile Testing.- Quantification of Micro-crack Density for Fiber Based Composites.- Dynamic Shear Response of a Polymer Bonded Explosive Using a Modified Hopkinson bar Apparatus.- Shock Testing Accelerometers With a Hopkinson Pressure bar.- Effect of Residual Stresses on Spallation of the Film Under Impact by Coated Bullet.- Fracture Testing of Simulated FRP Repairs.- Hybrid Nano/Microcomposites for Enhanced Damage Tolerance.- Drop-weight Impact Studies of GLARE 5 Fiber-metal Laminates.- Finite Element Modal Analysis of an Inflatable, Self-rigidizing Toroidal Satellite Component.- Experimental and Finite Element Modal Analysis of the Flexible Wings of Micro Munition Vehicles.- Numerical Analysis Study of the Failure Mechanism of Transparent Materials During low Velocity Impact Used in Protective Systems.- Effects of End Restraint on Eyebar Behavior in Bridges.- Three-dimensional Mechanics of Microcellular Solids Using Scanning Confocal Microscopy.- Characterization of the Mechanical Properties of Surface Nanocrystallized Materials.- Variation of Compression of Seals in PEM Fuel Cells.- Neutron Emission Evidences in Natural Materials Under Monotonic, Cyclic, and Vibrational Loading.- Acoustic Emission and Electrical Properties of Quasi-brittle Materials Under Compression.- Temperature Effect on Tensile Testing of Hybrid and Non-hybrid Composites.- Studies on Fracture Performance of Bio-fiber-silica-glass Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Hybrid Composites.- Mechanical Behavior of Bio-inspired Sandwich Composites.- Characterization of Mechanical Behavior of Kevlar 49 Fabrics.- Identification of the Tensile Properties of Composite Material Under Variable Strain Rates.- Compression/Shear Response of Honeycomb Core.- Light Guide Component in Efficiency Enhancement of DSSC.- Sign Support Structures Tested by means of Guided Waves.- Reliability-based Design of Structures Under Seismic Loading: Application to Timber Structures.- Progress in Developing a Standard for Dynamic Strain Analysis.- Polymers in Biaxial States of Stress at Various Loading Rates.- Parametric Study to Optimize Aluminum Shell Structure Under Various Conditions.- A Force Domain Analog-to-Digital Converter Applied in Micro and Nanoscale Tensile Tests.- Distributed Fiber Optic Strain Measurement Using Rayleigh Scatter in Composite Structures.- Diamond Sensors With Silicon Technologies for Sensing in Harsh Environments.- The Influence of Restraint Systems on Panel Behavior.- Burst Strength of Pipeline Test Specimens Containing Longitudinal or Circumferential Corrosion Defects.- A Comparative Analysis of Two Full-scale MD-500 Helicopter Crash Tests.- Structural Integrity Assessment of Blade's  Subcomponents Using Acoustic Emission Monitoring.- Measurement of Cohesive Parameters of Crazes in Polystyrene Films.- Delamination Growth Using Cohesive Zone Model for Adhesive Bonding Under Compression.- Simulation of Stable Tearing Crack Growth Using the Cohesive Zone Model Approach.- Experimental and Numerical Results for Diffusion Bonded Joints.- Modeling of Stable Tearing With Crack Tunneling in Specimens of Different Thickness.- Fatigue Modeling of Collagenous Soft Tissues.- An in-situ Experimental-numerical Approach for Interface Delamination Characterization.- Interface Integrity in Stretchable Electronics.- A Miniaturized Contactless Pure-bending Device for in-situ SEM Failure Analysis.- Study of Propagation of a Pre-existing Crack Under Different Boundary Conditions for Fatigue Loading.- Stochastic Model for Estimation of Probability-confidence Bounded a-N Curves.- Waveforms and Frequency Spectra of Elastic Emissions due to Macrofracture in Solids.- Failure Characteristics of Spot Welds of AHSS Under Quasi-static Conditions.- Characterization of Adaptive Reinforced Concrete Structures.- Bulk Waves for theNondestructive Inspection of Immersed Structures.- Assault Riffle Bullet-experimental Characterization and Computer (FE) Modeling

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