Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Volume 1 Proceedings of the 2012 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics

1 Rate Dependent Response of Crosslinked Epoxy Networks 2 Fracture Response of Cross-Linked Epoxy Resins as a Function of Loading Rate 3 Mechanical Response of Polycarbonate Nano-composites as a Function of StrainRate and Weight Percent of Nano-silicate Clay Loading 4 High Rate Characterization of Polymeric Closed-Cell Foams: Challenges Related to Size Effects 5 Considerations for Numerical Modeling of Dynamic Behavior of Soft Materials 6 Identification of the Heterogeneous Elasto-plastic Behaviour of FSW Welds at High Strain Rates 7 Initiation Fracture Toughness of Human Cortical Bone as a Function of Loading Rate 8 Measurements of Particle Velocity Within a Kolsky Bar with Applications to Wave Separation 9 Mechanical Response of Friction Stir Welded Aluminum 2139-T8 as a Function of Loading Rate and Stress-State 10 Characterization and Modeling of Polymeric Matrix Under Static and Dynamic Loading 11 Study on Penetration Equation by Experimental Investigation on Penetration into Wax 12 Micro-Tensile Tests of Aluminum Thin Foil with the Variation of Strain Rate 13 Mechanical Behavior of SS 304LN at High Strain Rates in Compression 14 Plasticity and Ballistic Characterization of a New Armour Steel 15 Inertia Effects in High-Rate Compression Experiments of Soft Materials 16 Challenges for Implementing Polymer Gels in Defense Applications 17 Mode I Fracture Response of Polymer Based Gelatins as a Function of Loading Rate 18 Determination of Simple Shear Material Properties of the Brain at High Strain Rates 19 Injury Potential of Shock Induced Compressive Waves on Human Bone 20 Indentation and Dynamic Compression Experiments on Microcrystalline and Nanocrystalline Nickel 21 Plastic Deformation of Ti-6Al-4V Plate over a Wide Range of Loading Conditions 22 A Miniature Impact Tester for Dynamic Testing of Small Specimens 23 Kolsky Tension Bar for Samples with Very Low Strength 24 Preloaded High-Rate Tension Techniques 25 Spinel Modeling Embedded with Small Diameter Surface Transparent Material Particles 26 Effect of Particle Size Distribution on the Response of Metal-Matrix Composites 27 Molecular Dynamics Simulation on Plastic Deformation of Nanocrystalline Copper 28 Nano-scale Investigation of Microstructural Phenomenon Contributing to Toughening of Nanoparticulate Reinforced Polymers 29 Peridynamic Simulations of Infinite Regions Using a Perfectly Matched Layer 30 Dynamic Behavior and Numerical Modeling of Titanium 15-3-3-3 Alloy 31 Dynamic Load Measurement of Ballistic Gelatin Impact Using an Instrumented Tube 32 Material Models Sensitivity of Tungsten-Based Penetrators Impacting on Confined Boron-Carbide 33 Equation of State of Explosive Detonation Products 34 Incipient and Progressive Damage in Polyethylene Under Extreme Tensile Conditions 35 Experimental Analysis of Dynamic Deformation and Damage in Composite Sandwich Structures Subjected to Underwater Impulsive Loads 36 Failure Characterization of AA 2024 T3 Panel Subjected to Close-In Blast 37 Shock Waves in a Model Particulate Composite 38 Performance Evaluation of a Composite Armor Concept by Finite Element Simulations of Ballistic Tests 39 Ballistic Impact on Woven Glass/Epoxy Composites at High and Low Temperatures 40 Comparison of Mechanical Properties of Polymer-Based Multi-phase Particulate Composites 41 Energy Absorption of Sandwich Tubes Under Lateral Loading 42 Improvement of Dynamic Properties of PLLA/PBAT Polymer Alloys Using Dialkyl Peroxide 43 Operational Equations of State for Modeling High-Rate Phenomena 44 Influence of Loading Kinetics on the Shock Response of Polycrystalline Copper 45 Experimental Characterization and Modeling of the 2024-T3 Aluminum Alloy Under Close-in Blast Loading 46 Interaction of Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide at High Pressure and Temperature 47 Response of Curved Carbon Composite Panels to Shock Loading 48 Perforation of Aluminum Plates with 7.62 APM2 Bullets 49 A Priori Pulse Shaper Design for Constant-Strain-Rate Tests of Elastic-Brittle Materials 50 Time Correlation Between Acoustic, Electromagnetic and Neutron Emissions in Rocks Under Compression 51 Fluid Structure Interaction During Shock Loading in a Compressible Fluid 52 Moderate Velocity Ball Impact of a Mock High-Explosive 53 Blast Testing of Three Types of Panels with External Strengthening Systems 54 Ultra-High-Speed Imaging for Explosive-Driven Shocks in Transparent Media 55 Utilizing Knots to Reduce Dynamic Loads in Fire Service Rope Systems 56 Tensile Behavior of Single PPTA Fibers Measured by the Kolsky Bar Using the Direct Fiber Clamping Method 57 Effect of Strain Rate and Pre-twist on Strength of Single Kevlar® KM2 Fiber 58 Effect of Low Temperatures on the Ballistic Limit of Hybrid Woven Composites 59 Dynamics of Multilayered Structures of VACNTs with Metallic Inter-layers 60 Dynamic Contact Mechanics of Geologic Materials: Experiments, Modeling and Applications 61 Experimental Testing of Micro-Particles Collision 62 Low Velocity Impact Behaviour of the Epoxy Matrix Composites Reinforced with Metallic and Oxide Particles 63 Experimental Study on Dynamic Mechanical Properties of a Mock PBX 64 Dynamic Fracture Toughness Test Using Hopkinson Bar 65 Damage Assessments of Ballistic Impact Behaviors of GLARE 5 (3/2) Beams with Various Stacking Sequences 66 Effect of Filler Particle Shape on Dynamic Fracture Behavior of Glass-Filled Epoxy 67 Effect of Particle Size on the Compressive Behavior of Dry Sand under Confinement at High Strain Rates 68 A Testing Technique to Characterise the Shear Behaviour of Concrete at High Strain-Rates 69 Is Nano Always Better? Static and Dynamic Fracture Study of Particulate Polymer Composites 70 A New Approach to Determine the Quasi-Static and Dynamic Fracture Toughness of Engineering Materials 71 Experimental Investigation on Dynamic Behavior of Ultra High Performance Composite Concrete with Kolsky Bar 72 Numerical Simulations of the Mechanical Behavior of Adobe 73 Influence of the Confined Behaviour and the Tensile Strength of Concrete Slabs Under Projectile-Impact 74 Temperature- and Rate-Dependent Failure in Dynamically Loaded Viscoplastic Materials 75 Deformation Mechanisms in Mn+1AXn Phase Ternary Ceramics at High Strain Rates.

Biography

Vijay Chalivendra, North Dartmouth, USA. Bo Song, Department of Mechanics of Materials, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, USA. Daniel Casem, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, USA.