Challenges in Mechanics of Time Dependent Materials, Volume 2: Proceedings of the 2020 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics

by Meredith Silberstein (Editor), Alireza Amirkhizi (Editor)

Overview

Challenges in Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials, Volume 2 of the Proceedings of the 2020 SEM Annual Conference& Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the second volume of seven 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 in the following general technical research areas:

Characterization Across Length Scales
Extreme Environments & Environmental Effects

Soft Materials

Damage, fatigue and Fracture

Inhomogeneities & Interfaces

Viscoelasticity

Research in Progress.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040602591
Publisher:	River Publishers
Publication date:	08/07/2025
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	103
File size:	12 MB
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About the Author

Meredith Silberstein, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA. Alireza Amirkhizi, UML North Campus, Dandeneau Hall 219, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, USA.

Table of Contents

Preface 1 Characterization of the Viscoelastic Response of Closed-Cell Foam Materials 2 Time-Dependent Yielding of Polymer Thin Films Under Creep 3 Non-Newtonian Fluid-Like Behavior of Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Diacrylate Hydrogels Under Transient Dynamic Shear 4 The Interfacial Shear Strength of Carbon Nanotube Sheet Modified Carbon Fiber Composites 5 Analytical Assessment of Creep Behavior of European Species in Outdoor Conditions 6 Room Temperature Stress Relaxation of a Quenched and Tempered Steel 7 Improved Load Duration in Split Hopkinson (Kolsky) Bar Technique Using a Serpentine Type Striker Bar 8 Experimental Shear Property Characterization of Agarose Hydrogel and Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) 9 Viscoelastoplastic Oxidative Multimode Damage Model for Fibrous Composite Materials at Extreme Temperatures 10 Effect of Thermal and Mechanical Damage on Phase Separation, Crosslink Density, and Polydispersity of Polyurea Variants 11 Time-Resolved Characterization of Taylor Impact Testing 12 A Novel Method of Validating Polymer Relaxation Using Hopkinson Bar and Quasi-Static Loading 13 Visco-Elasto-Plastic Characterization of PVC Foams 14 Virtual Dynamic Mechanical Analysis 15 Direct Extraction of Mode I and Mode II Traction–Separation Relationships of Polymer Modified Bitumen Using Rigid Cantilever Beam Experiments Combined with StereoDIC 16 Glass Fiber Composites (GFCs) in Infrastructure: Developing New Measurement Methods to Meet the Challenge of 100 Year Service-Life-Prediction.