Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Volume 4: Proceedings of the 2015 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Experimental Characterization of Shape Fixity in Transversely Curved Unimorph Shape Memory Polymer Actuators....Pages 1-10
Full-Field Three-Dimensional Characterization of Non-repetitive Motions by Single-Shot Multiplexed Digital Holography....Pages 11-18
Basic Foundations of Signal Analysis Models Applied to Retrieval of Displacements and Their Derivatives Encoded in Fringe Patterns....Pages 19-33
Recent Optical Measurements for the Mechanical Properties of Thin Films....Pages 35-41
Evaluation of the Penalized Least Squares Method for Strain Computation....Pages 43-50
Speckle Projection Profilometry Using a Diffractive Telecentric Arrangement....Pages 51-59
Use of VFM for Heterogeneity Evaluation of Materials Under Uniaxial Tensile Stress....Pages 61-66
Optimized Test Design for Identification of the Variation of Elastic Stiffness Properties of Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda) Pith to Bark....Pages 67-76
Investigation of the Hydric Transfer Phenomenon in Wood at the Ring Scale with the Grid Method....Pages 77-81
Extension of the Non-linear Virtual Fields Method to Inertial Heterogeneous High Strain Rate Tests....Pages 83-87
Experimental Mechanics for Graduate Students....Pages 89-97
Bridge Foundation Depth Estimation Using Sonic Echo Test....Pages 99-106
Detonation of Small Charges Buried in Cohesionless Soil....Pages 107-114
Similitude Analysis of Composite I-Beams with Application to Subcomponent Testing of Wind Turbine Blades....Pages 115-126
Validating FSI Simulations in LS-DYNA 971 R7....Pages 127-130
In Vitro Experimental Study for the Determination of Cellular Characteristics of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Using a Non-uniform Deformation Field....Pages 131-137
Development of New Method for Direct Measurement of High Strain Rate Testing Parameters....Pages 139-147
Simultaneous Measurement of Polymerization Stress Evolution, Conversion Kinetics, and Exotherm in Real-Time....Pages 149-153
Symmetric and Asymmetric Double Cantilever Beam Methods for Interfacial Adhesion Strength Measurement in Electronic Packaging....Pages 155-164
Experimental Study of Mechanical Performance in Friction Stir Welded Dissimilar Titanium Alloys....Pages 165-171
Testing a Multi-bay Box Subjected to Combined Loads....Pages 173-182
A Study on the Generation of a Fine-Grained Layer in Upsetting Between Flat and Conical Dies....Pages 183-190
Interface Microstructure and Strength of TLP Bonded Iron and Steel....Pages 191-199