Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Volume 6: Proceedings of the 2011 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
A rocking spalling test to characterize the crack velocity in concrete....Pages 1-2
Crack growth behavior in preloaded metallic nested-angle plates under flight load spectrum....Pages 3-11
Experimental and Finite Element Analysis (FEM) of Bioceramics....Pages 13-20
Damage Analysis of the Ceramic Reinforced Steel Matrix Composites Sheets: Experimental and Numerical Study....Pages 21-29
Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Polymeric Materials Aged in PEM Fuel Cell Conditions....Pages 31-35
Mechanical Characterization and Modeling of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells and Stacks....Pages 37-44
The Impulse Imparted upon Monolithic Metal Plates due to Blast Loading....Pages 45-52
Investigation in Shear Behavior of Intermetallic Composites Using V-Notched Beam Test Method....Pages 53-60
The Influence of Sample Thickness on the DCDC Fracture Test....Pages 61-63
Analysis of Hysteresis Damage Accumulation and the Effect on Fatigue Life....Pages 65-74
Fatigue Improvement of Welded Elements by Ultrasonic Impact Treatment....Pages 75-87
Delamination Between Functionalized Silicon Surfaces....Pages 89-89
Failure and Fracture Behavior of Brittle Polymer Foam....Pages 91-98
Crack Growth in Three-Point Bend Specimens Made of Polymeric Foams....Pages 99-105
Reliability Evaluation of Conformal Coatings for Tin Whisker Failure Mitigation in Accelerated Testing Conditions....Pages 107-108
Investigation of Manganese Cobalt Oxide (MCO) Coatings on Fuel Cell Interconnects....Pages 109-118
Extracting Crack-tip Field Parameters in Anisotropic Elastic Solids From Full-field Measurements Using Least-squares Method and Conservation Integrals....Pages 119-127
Velocity Measuring Approaches for the Determination of Ballistic Limits of GLARE 5 Fiber-Metal Laminate Plates....Pages 129-138
Underwater Explosive Loading of Curved Composite Plates: Experimental and Computational Comparisons....Pages 139-147
Adhesion Strength in Metal/Polymer Composites....Pages 149-155
Modal-Parameter Identification From Nonstationary Ambient Vibration Data....Pages 157-169
High-Speed Digital Image Correlation Measurements of Random Nonlinear Dynamic Response....Pages 171-186
Experimental Modal Analysis of an Inflatable, Selfrigidizing Toroidal Satellite Component....Pages 187-199
Selective excitation using phase shifted ultrasound radiation force from focused transducers in air....Pages 201-206
The Steelpan as a tool to incite interest in Engineering Education....Pages 207-208
Non-Contacting Strain Measurement in Dynamic Tensile Testing....Pages 209-216
Quantification of Micro-Crack Density for Fiber Based Composites....Pages 217-222
Dynamic shear response of a polymer bonded explosive using a modified Hopkinson bar apparatus....Pages 223-228
Shock testing accelerometers with a Hopkinson pressure bar....Pages 229-237
Effect of residual stresses on spallation of the film under impact by coated bullet....Pages 239-252
Fracture Testing of Simulated FRP Repairs....Pages 253-258
Hybrid Nano/Microcomposites for Enhanced Damage Tolerance....Pages 259-265
Drop-Weight Impact Studies of GLARE 5 Fiber-Metal Laminates....Pages 267-279
Finite Element Modal Analysis of an Inflatable, Self-rigidizing Toroidal Satellite Component....Pages 281-288
Experimental and Finite Element Modal Analysis of the Flexible Wings of Micro Munition Vehicles....Pages 289-294
Numerical analysis study of the failure mechanism of transparent materials during low velocity impact used in protective systems....Pages 295-300
Effects of End Restraint on Eyebar Behavior in Bridges....Pages 301-308
Three-Dimensional Mechanics of Microcellular Solids Using Scanning Confocal Microscopy....Pages 309-310
Characterization of the Mechanical Properties of Surface Nanocrystallized Materials....Pages 311-317
Variation of Compression of Seals in PEM Fuel Cells....Pages 319-327
Neutron emission evidences in natural materials under monotonic, cyclic, and vibrational loading....Pages 329-341
Acoustic emission and electrical properties of quasi-brittle materials under compression....Pages 343-350
Temperature Effect on Tensile Testing of Hybrid and Non-Hybrid Composites....Pages 351-361
Studies on Fracture Performance of Bio-fiber-Silica-glass Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Hybrid Composites....Pages 363-368
Mechanical Behavior of Bio-inspired Sandwich Composites....Pages 369-376
Characterization of Mechanical Behavior of Kevlar 49 Fabrics....Pages 377-384
Identification of the Tensile Properties of Composite Material Under Variable Strain Rates....Pages 385-392
Compression/Shear Response of Honeycomb Core....Pages 393-398
Light Guide Component in Efficiency Enhancement of DSSC....Pages 399-407
Sign Support Structures Tested by means of Guided Waves....Pages 409-416
Reliability-Based Design of Structures Under Seismic Loading: Application to Timber Structures....Pages 417-423
Progress in developing a standard for dynamic strain analysis....Pages 425-429
Polymers in Biaxial States of Stress at Various Loading Rates....Pages 431-438
Parametric study to optimize aluminum shell structure under various conditions....Pages 439-450
A Force Domain Analog-to-Digital Converter Applied in Micro and Nanoscale Tensile Tests....Pages 451-459
Distributed Fiber Optic Strain Measurement Using Rayleigh Scatter in Composite Structures....Pages 461-470
Diamond Sensors with Silicon Technologies for Sensing in Harsh Environments....Pages 471-475
The Influence Of Restraint Systems On Panel Behavior....Pages 477-486
Burst Strength of Pipeline Test Specimens Containing Longitudinal or Circumferential Corrosion Defects....Pages 487-494
A Comparative Analysis of Two Full-Scale MD-500 Helicopter Crash Tests....Pages 495-509
Structural Integrity Assessment of blade’s subcomponents using Acoustic Emission Monitoring.....Pages 511-518
Measurement of Cohesive Parameters of Crazes in Polystyrene Films....Pages 519-526
Delamination Growth Using Cohesive Zone Model for Adhesive Bonding Under Compression....Pages 527-536
Simulation of Stable Tearing Crack Growth Using the Cohesive Zone Model Approach....Pages 537-543
Experimental and Numerical Results for Diffusion Bonded Joints....Pages 545-551
Modeling of Stable Tearing with Crack Tunneling in Specimens of Different Thickness....Pages 553-560
Fatigue Modeling of Collagenous Soft Tissue....Pages 561-568
An in-situ experimental-numerical approach for interface delamination characterization....Pages 569-576
Interface Integrity in Stretchable Electronics....Pages 577-585
A miniaturized contactless pure-bending device for in-situ SEM failure analysis....Pages 587-596
Study of Propagation of a Pre-Existing Crack under Different Boundary Conditions for Fatigue Loading....Pages 597-605
Stochastic model for estimation of probability-confidence bounded a-N curves....Pages 607-612
Waveforms and frequency spectra of elastic emissions due to macrofractures in solids....Pages 613-621
Failure Characteristics of Spot Welds of AHSS under Quasi-static Conditions....Pages 623-629
Characterization of Adaptive Reinforced Concrete Structures....Pages 631-642
Bulk Waves for the Nondestructive Inspection of Immersed Structures....Pages 643-649
Assault Riffle Bullet-Experimental Characterization and Computer (FE) Modeling....Pages 651-668