Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Volume 1 of the Proceedings of the 2016 SEM Annual Conference& Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the first volume of ten 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:


Quantitative Visualization

Fracture & Fragmentation

Dynamic Behavior of Low Impedance Materials

Shock & Blast

Dynamic Behavior of Composites

Novel Testing Techniques

Hybrid Experimental & Computational Methods

Dynamic Behavior of Geo-materials

General Material Behavior

1 Atomistic Simulation of a Two-Dimensional Polymer Tougher Than Graphene.- 2 Transverse Compression Response of Ultra-high Molecular Weight Polyethylene Single Fibers.- 3 Morphology and Mechanics of the Young Minipig Cranium.- 4 Dynamic Characterization of Nitronic 30, 40 and 50 Series Stainless Steels by Numerical Analysis.- 5 Mechanical Response of T800/F3900 Composite at Various Strain Rates.- 6 Full-Field Temperature and Strain Measurement in Dynamic Tension Tests on SS 304.- 7 Dynamic Fracture Response of a Synthetic Cortical Bone Simulant.- 8 Fracture Response of Cross-Linked Epoxy Resins at High Loading Rate as a Function of Glass Transition Temperature.- 9 Measurement of Dynamic Response Parameters of an Underdamped System.- 10 Dynamic Penetration and Bifurcation of a Crack at an Interface in a Transparent Bi-Layer: Effect of Impact Velocity.- 11 Influence of Loading Rate Effects Fracture Strength of Individual Sand Particles.- 11 Arrested Compression Tests on two Types of Sand.- 12 Composite Plate Response to Shock Wave Loading.- 13 Initial Experimental Validation of an Eulerian Method for Modeling Composites.- 14 Characterization of High Strain Rate Dependency of 3D CFRP materials.- 15 High-strain Rate Compressive Behavior of a Clay under Uniaxial Strain State.- 16 Mesoscopic Modelling of High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete under Dynamic Loading.- 17 Comparison of Failure Mechanisms due to Shock Propagation in Forged, Layered, and Additive Manufactured Titanium Alloy.- 18 Instrumented Penetration of Metal Alloys during High-Velocity Impacts.- 19 Confined Underwater Implosions using 3D Digital Image Correlation.- 20 Response of Composite Cylinders Subjected to Near Field Underwater Explosions._ 21 Microstructural Effects on the Spall Properties of Al 5083: Equal-Channel Angular Extrusion (ECAE) plus Cold Rolling.- 23 Experimental Study of the Dynamic Fragmentation in Transparent Ceramic Subjected to Projectile Impact.- 24 Instrumented Projector for Dynamic Testing.- 25 NIST Mini-Kolsky Bar: Historical Review.- 26 A General Approach to Evaluate the Dynamic Fracture Toughness of Materials.- 27 Which one has More Influence on Fracture Strength of Ceramics: Pressure or Strain Rate?.- 28 Dynamic Strength and Fragmentation Experiments on Brittle Materials Using Theta-specimens.- 29 DTEM in situ Mechanical Testing: Defects Motion at High Strain Rates.- 30 High-Strain-Rate Deformation of Ti-6Al-4V through Compression Kolsky Bar at High Temperatures.- 31 Parametric Study of the Formation of Cone Cracks in Brittle Materials.- 32 Shockless Characterization of Ceramics.- 33 Dynamic Hyper Elastic Behavior of Compression Shock Loaded Vibration Dampers.- 34 Specimen Size Effect on Stress-Strain Response of Foams Under Direct-Impact.- 35 Texture Evolution of Fine-grained Mg Alloy at Dynamic Strain Rates.- Failure Processes Governing High Rate Impact Resistance of Epoxy Resins Filled with Core Shell Rubber Nanoparticles.- 37 Ballistic Response of Polydicyclopentadiene vs. Epoxy Resins and Effects of Crosslinking.