Challenges in Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials and Processes in Conventional and Multifunctional Materails, Volume 2 Proceedings of the 2012 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics

1 Elastomeric Polymers for Shockwave Mitigation and Extreme Loading Conditions 2 Temperature Dependent Ductile Material Failure Constitutive Modeling with Validation Experiments 3 Inverse Measurement of Stiffness by the Normalization Technique for J-Integral Fracture Toughness 4 Energy Dissipation Mechanism in Nanocomposites Studied via Molecular Dynamics Simulation 5 Determination of Stresses in Drying Wood by Means of a Viscoelastic Relaxation Model 6 Multiscale Modeling of Mechanoresponsive Polymers 7 An Identification Method for the Viscoelastic Characterization of Materials 8 Experimental Investigation of Failure in Viscoelastic Elastomers Under Combined Shear and Pressure 9 Hybrid Polymer Grafted Nanoparticle Composites for Blast-Induced Shock-Wave Mitigation 10 Large-Strain Time-Temperature Equivalence and Adiabatic Heating of Polyethylene 11 New Thermo-Mechanical Modelling for Visco Elastic, Visco Plastic Polymers 12 Solution Approach for Coupled Diffusion-Reaction-Deformation Problems in Anisotropic Materials 13 Effect of Crushing Method of Wasted Tire on Mechanical Behavior on PLA Composites 14 Characteristic Length Scale Investigation on the Nanoscale Deformation of Copper 15 Rate-Dependent, Large-Displacement Deformation of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Arrays 16 Characterization and Analysis of Time Dependent Behavior of Bio-Based Composites Made Out of Highly Non-Linear Constituents 17 Combined Effects of Moisture and UV Radiation on the Mechanics of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Vinylester Composites 18 Long Term Life Prediction of CFRP Laminates Under Wet Condition 19 Nonlinear Behavior of Natural Fiber/Bio-Based Matrix Composites 20 A Pressure-Dependent Nonlinear Viscoelastic Schapery Model for POM 21 Viscoelastic Creep Compliance Using Prony Series and Spectrum Function Approach 22 Viscoelastic and Viscoplastic Behavior of GF/VE [‡45]s Laminates.

Biography

Bonnie Antoun, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, USA. H. Jerry Qi, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA. Richard Hall, AirForce Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, USA. G.P. Tandon, University of Dayton Research Institute, Dayton, USA. Hongbing Lu, University of Texas-Dallas, Dallas, USA. Charles Lu, University of Kentucky, Paducah, USA.