Mechanics of Composite and Multi-functional Materials, Volume 7 Proceedings of the 2015 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics

1 Mechanics of Multifunctional Wings with Solar Cells for Robotic Birds 2 Optimization of Magnetic and Electrical Properties of New Aluminium Matrix Composite Reinforced with Magnetic Nano Iron Oxide (Fe3O4) 3 Manufacturing and Characterization of Anisotropic Membranes for Micro Air Vehicles 4 Compliant Artificial Skins to Enable Robotic Sensing and Training by Touch 5 Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy for Structural Health Monitoring 6 Soliton-based Sensor/Actuator for Delamination and Weak Bond Detection in Laminated Composites 7 In Pursuit of Bio-inspired Triboluminescent Multifunctional Composites 8 Passive-Only Defect Detection and Imaging in Composites Using Diffuse Fields 9 Buckypaper-Cored Novel Photovoltaic Sensors for In-Situ Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Materials Using Hybrid Quantum Dots 10 Viscoelasticity of Glass-Forming Materials: What About Inorganic Sealing Glasses? 11 Unified Creep Plasticity Damage (UCPD) Model for Rigid Polyurethane Foams 12 Mechanical Behavior Characterization of Polyurethane Used in Bend Stiffener 13 Effect of Pressure on Damping Properties of Granular Polymeric Materials 14 Wideband Material Characterization of Viscoelastic Materials 15 On the Mechanical Response of Polymer Fiber Composites Reinforced with Nanoparticles 16 Design of Al-Nb2Al Composites Through Powder Metallurgy 17 Influence of Heat Treatments on Microstructure and Mechanical Behaviour of Compressible Al Matrix, Low Density Composites 18 Large Deformation of Particle-Filled Rubber Composites 19 Advanced Structured Composites as Novel Phononic Crystals and Acoustic Metamaterials 20 Low-Cost Production of Epoxy Matrix Composites Reinforced with Scarp Rubber, Boron, Glass Bubbles and Alumina 21 Prediction of Flexural Properties of Coir Polyester Composites by ANN 22 Filler-Reinforced Poly(Glycolic Acid) for Degradable Frac Balls Under High-Pressure Operation 23 Characteristics of Elastomeric Composites Reinforced with Carbon Black and Epoxy 24 Mechanical Properties of Extensively Recycled High Density Polyethylene 25 Mechanical Characterization and Preliminary Modeling of PEEK 26 Characterization of the Nonlinear Elastic Behavior of Chinchilla Tympanic Membrane Using Micro-fringe Projection 27 Compression of Silicone Foams 28 Voltage Control of Single Magnetic Domain Nanoscale Heterostructure, Analysis and Experiments 29 Active Damping in Polymer-Based Nanocomposites 30 MWCNT and CNF Cementitious Nanocomposites for Enhanced Strength and Toughness 31 Small Scale Thermomechanics in Si with an Account of Surface Stress Measurements 32 Magnetorheological Elastomers: Experimental and Modeling Aspects 33 Failure Criteria of Composite Materials Under Static and Dynamic Loading 34 A Theory of Multi-Constituent Finitely-Deforming Composite Materials Subject to Thermochemical Changes with Damage 35 Pressurized In-Situ Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analysis Method for Oilfield Polymers and Composites 36 HPHT Hot-Wet Resistance of Reinforcement Fibers and Fiber-Resin Interface of Advanced Composite Materials 37 Laboratory Testing on Composites to Replicate Oil and Gas Service 38 Measurement of Thermal Deformation of CFRP Under Rapid Heating 39 Performance of Patch and Full-Encirclement Bonded Composite Repairs 40 Meso-Scale Deformation Behavior of Polymer Bonded Energetic Material Under Quasi-Static Compression 41 Subsidence Modeling and Analysis for Sand Shear Strength Parameter Testing 42 Determining the Shear Relaxation Modulus and Constitutive Models for Polyurea and Polyurea-Based Composite Materials from Dynamic Mechanical Testing Data 43 Long Term Stability of UHMWPE Fibers 44 Age Deformation After Stamping of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polycarbonate Laminates 45 Incremental Formulation for Coupled Viscoelasticity and Hydrolock Effect in Softwood 46 Accelerated Creep Testing of CFRP with the Stepped Isostress Method 47 Coupon-Based Qualification for the Fatigue of Composite Repairs of Pressure Equipment 48 Effect of a Composite Coupler on Automotive Windshield Wiper System Chatter 49 Through Process Modeling Approach: Effect of Microstructure on Mechanical Properties of Fiber Reinforced Composites 50 Molding Strain of Glass Fibers of Model GFRP 51 Effect of Molding Conditions on Process-Induced Deformation of Asymmetric FRP Laminates 52 Simulation of High Rate Failure Mechanisms in Composites During Quasi-static Testing 53 Meso-scale Deformation Mechanisms of Polymer Bonded Energetic Materials Under Dynamic Loading 54 High Strain Rate Tensile Behavior of Fiber Metal Laminates 55 Compressive Response of Cellular Core Filled with Micro-Sphere Embedded Aluminum, Erratum.

Biography

Carter Ralph, Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, USA. Meredith Silberstein, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA. Piyush R. Thakre, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, USA. Raman Singh, Oklahoma State University, Tulsa, USA.