Mechanics of Composite, Hybrid, and Multifunctional Materials, Fracture, Fatigue, Failure and Damage Evolution, Volume 3 of the Proceedings of the 2021 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the third volume of four from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on a wide range of areas, including:
Recycled Constituent Composites
Damage Detection
Advanced Imaging of Composites
Multifunctional Materials
Composite Interfaces
Tunable Composites
Novel Experimental Methods
Extreme Environments
Interfacial Fracture
Integration of Models & Experiments
Mechanics of Energy & Energetic Materials
Integration of Models & Experiments
In Situ Techniques for Fatigue & Fracture
Microscale & Microstructural Effects on Mechanical Behavior
Chapter
1. Effects of Water Saturation and Low Temperature Coupling on
the Mechanical Behavior Mechanical Behavior of Carbon and E-Glass Epoxy
Laminates.
Chapter
2. Initiation and Propagation Fracture Toughness of
AA7475-T7651 under Different Loading Conditions.
Chapter
3. Flow Stress and
Fracture Toughness Behavior of AA5083 under Quasi-static Loading.
Chapter
4.
Development of Carbon-glass Fiber Reinforced Hybrid Composites: Applications
in Offshore Wind Turbine Blades.
Chapter
5. Effect of the Graphene Nano
Platelets (GnP) on the Mechanical Properties in Recycled PP Based Hybrid
Composites.
Chapter
6. Static and Dynamic Behaviour of Recycled AA7075 Based
Composites reinforced with ZrO2 - gamma-Al203 Fibre and SiC.
Chapter
7.
Recycled Al431+A1050 based Composites Reinforced with TiC Ceramic Powders
for Aeronautical Applications.
Chapter
8. Experimental and Finite Element
Study of Recycled Aluminium (AA7075) Matrix Composites Reinforced of
TiC/MoS2/-Al2O3 Fibre/Nb2Al.
Chapter
9. Tailored Behaviour of Scrap Copper
Matrix Composites Reinforced with "Zn-Ni-Al" Low Cost Shape Memory
Structures.
Chapter
10. Mechanical Properties of Recycled Rubber modified
Epoxy Resin based Composites for Aircraft Auxiliary Structures.
Chapter
11.
Manufacturing of Thin Sheet Ni-Ti Based Composites Reinforced with
Nb2Al/TiB2 through hot-forged Bonding: Sandwich Structures.
Chapter
12.
Design of Nb-Aluminium (Nb2Al) Intermetallics based Composites An
Experimental and Numerical Approach for Toughening Mechanism.
Chapter
13.
Numerical Modeling of Recycled Rubber Based Composites Reinforced with Glass
Fibers at High Strain Rates.
Chapter
14. Piezoelectric Actuators as Control
Surfaces for Morphing Vehicle.
Chapter
15. Alternative Concretes: Study of
Concrete Performance with Addition of Copper Tailings Reinforced and Steel
Fiber.
Chapter
16. Cyclical Instrumented Indentation Testing for Fatigue
Characterization of Metals.
Chapter
17. Toughening Mechanism of Recycled
Rubber Based Composites Reinforced with Glass Fibers + Alumna Fibers for
Military Applications.
Chapter
18. Sensitivity Analysis of a Concrete
Structure Subjected to Cyclic Loading Using a Polynomial Chaos Expansion
Method.
Dr. Vijaya Chalivendra is with the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA, USA; Dr. Allison Beese is with the Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA; Dr. Ryan Berke is with Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA.
