Experimental Mechanics of Composite, Hybrid, and Multifunctional Materials, Volume 6: Proceedings of the 2013 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Prediction of Properties of Coir Fiber Reinforced Composite by ANN....Pages 1-7
Impact of Semi-rigidity of Joint on Timber Composite Truss Beam....Pages 9-16
Prediction of Properties of CRPCSC Particulate Composite by ANN....Pages 17-22
Lithium-Ion Battery Electrode Inspection Using Flash Thermography....Pages 23-29
In-Situ Characterization of Strain in Lithium Ion Battery Anodes....Pages 31-35
Fracture Toughness and Fatigue Behavior of Nanoreinforced Carbon/Epoxy Composites....Pages 37-45
Design of Multifunctional Energetic Structural Composites: A Preliminary Study on an Epoxy-Rubber Matrix with Exothermic Mixture Reinforcements....Pages 47-56
Experimental Measurement of the Energy Dissipative Mechanisms of the Kevlar Micro-fibrillar Network for Multi-scale Application....Pages 57-63
Manufacturing and Damage Analysis of Epoxy Resin-Reinforced Scrap Rubber Composites for Aeronautical Applications....Pages 65-76
Compliant Multifunctional Wing Structures for Flapping Wing MAVs....Pages 77-83
Fabrication and Characterization of Bi-metallic, Structured Films with Ultra-low Thermal Expansion....Pages 85-88
Macro Fiber Composites and Substrate Materials for MAV Wing Morphing....Pages 89-101
Experimental Characterization of Thermomechanically Induced Instability in Polymer Foam Cored Sandwich Structures....Pages 103-108
Characterization of Mixed-Mode Energy Release Rates for Carbon Fiber/Epoxy Composites Using Digital Image Correlation....Pages 109-115
Strain Rate Effects on Failure of a Toughened Matrix Composite....Pages 117-123
HP/HT Hot-Wet Thermomechanical Behavior of Fiber-Reinforced High-Temperature Polymer Composites....Pages 125-147
Effect of Ply Dispersion on Failure Characteristics of Multidirectional Laminates....Pages 149-155
Optimization and Service Life Prediction of Elastomeric Based Composites Used in Manufacturing Engineering....Pages 157-166
Deformation and Failure of Angle-Ply Composite Laminates....Pages 167-171
Progressive Failure of a Unidirectional Fiber-Reinforced Composite....Pages 173-180
Process Optimization by Direct Integration of the RFID Chips During the Manufacturing of the Composite Parts Used in Aeronautical Engineering....Pages 181-188
Fiber Bragg-Grating Sensor Array for Health Monitoring of Bonded Composite Lap-Joints....Pages 189-195
Semi-experimental Investigation of Bridging Tractions in Delamination....Pages 197-204
Methodologies for Combined Loads Tests Using a Multi-actuator Test Machine....Pages 205-214
Mechanical Characterization and Modeling of Ceramic Foam Materials....Pages 215-224
Mechanical Characterization for Identifying an Appropriate Thermal Cycle for Curing Ceramic/Glass Composite Seals....Pages 225-233
Behavior of Bonded Composite Repairs on Dynamically Loaded Pressure Vessels....Pages 235-240
Fracture Testing of Simulated FRP Repairs II....Pages 241-246
An Innovative Measuring Method of Young’s Modulus Using Postbuckling Behavior....Pages 247-254
On the Use of Ultrasonic Pulse-Echo Immersion Technique for Measuring Real Attenuation....Pages 255-257