Experimental Mechanics on Emerging Energy Systems and Materials, Volume 5 Proceedings of the 2010 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics

1 Experimental Mechanics for Prognosis of Material State Changes in Heterogeneous Materials for Energy Systems 2 Characterisation of Carbon Nanotube Foam for Improved Gas Storage Capability 3 Thermoresponsive Microcapsules for Autonomic Lithium-ion Battery Shutdown 4 Service Life Prediction of Seal in PEM Fuel Cells 5 Experimental Validation of a Constitutive Model for Ionomer Membrane in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) 6 Evidence of Piezonuclear Reactions: From Geological and Tectonic Transformations to Neutron Detection and Measurements 7 Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy Analysis on Rock Samples Subjected to Piezonuclear Tests 8 Acoustic and Electromagnetic Emissions in Rocks Under Compression 9 Gear With Asymmetric Teeth for use in Wind Turbines 10 Material Brittleness and the Energetics of Acoustic Emission 11 b-value of Plain Concrete Beams Based on AE Quanta 12 AE Monitoring of the Syracuse Athena Temple: Scale Invariance in the Timing of Ruptures 13 Analysis of Energy Released by Elastic Emission in Brittle Materials Under Compression 14 Numerical Simulation of AE Activity in Quasi-brittle Materials Under Compression 15 Mechanical Characterization and AE of Translucent Self-compacting Concrete Plates in Bending 16 Reconfiguration of Large Leaf Under Wind Load 17 Manufacturing Challenges for the Modern Wind Turbine Rotor 18 Structural Monitoring of Wind Turbine Blades Using Fiber Optic Bragg Grating Strain Sensors 19 Degradation of Polymer Electrolyte Membranes 20 The Nonlinear Viscoelastic Properties of PFSA Membranes in Water-immersed and Humid Air Conditions 21 Assessing Durability of Elastomeric Seals for Fuel Cell Applications 22 Compression of Seals in PEM Fuel Cells 23 Mechanical Characterization and Modeling of Electrolyte Membranes in Electrolyte-supported SOFCs 24 Metal Foils in Clean, Renewable Energy Applications 25 Experimental and Probabilistic Analysis of Asymmetric Gear Tooth.

Biography

Dr. Tom Proulx is the Executive Director of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, Inc.