Challenges in Mechanics of Time Dependent Materials, Fracture, Fatigue, Failure and Damage Evolution, Volume 2 Proceedings of the 2019 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics - Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series

Challenges in Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials, Volume 2 of the Proceedings of the 2019 SEM Annual Conference& Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the second volume of six from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.  The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Experimental Mechanics, including papers in the following general technical research areas:

Characterization Across Length Scales

Soft Materials and Biomaterials

Damage, Fatigue and Fracture

Structure, Function and Performance

Rate Effects in Elastomers

Viscoelasticity & Viscoplasticity

Research in Progress

In-situ Techniques and Microscale Effects on Mechanical Behavior

Fracture and Fatigue in Brittle Materials

Novel Experimental Methods

Fatigue and Fracture in Extreme Environments

Integration of Models and Experiments

Failure in Elastomers and Gels

Rate Effects in Elastomers

Microscale and Microstructural Effects on Mechanical Behavior

Mechanics of Energy Materials

Additive Manufacturing: Fatigue and Fracture

Mechanics of Composite Materials

Interfacial and Mixed-Mode Fracture

Vibration Effects and High Cycle Fatigue