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Challenges in Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials and Processes in Conventional and Multifunctional Materials , Volume 2: Proceedings of the 2013 SEM Annual Conference& Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics , the second volume of eight 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:

Metallic, Polymeric and Composite Materials

Effects of Extreme Environments including Radiation Resistance, Damage, and Aging

Challenges in Time-dependent Behavior Modeling of Low, Moderate and High Strain Rates

Effects of Frequency and Hysteretic Heating

Effects of Inhomogeneities on the Time-Dependent Behavior

Composite, Hybrid and Multifunctional Materials

Challenges in Time-dependent Behavior Modeling Viscoelastoplasticity and Damage

Effects of Interfaces and Interphases on the Time-Dependent Behavior

Environmental and Reactive Property Change Effects on Thermomechanical and Multifunctional Behaviors

Modeling and Characterization of Fabrication Processes of Conventional and Multifunctional Materials
Time-dependent and Small-scale Effects in Micro/Nano-scale Testing

Time-dependent Processes in Biomaterials

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Micromechanics of the Deformation and Failure Kinetics of Semicrystalline Polymers.- Stress-relaxation Behavior of Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) Across the Glass Transition Temperature.- The Effect of Stoichiometric Ratio on Viscoelastic Properties of Polyurea.- Dynamic Properties for Viscoelastic Materials over Wide Frequency Range.- Spatio-temporal Principal Component Analysis of Full-field Deformation Data.- Time-dependent Crack Initiation and Propagation From Notches in Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene.- Master Creep Compliance Curve for Random Viscoelastic Material Properties.- Processability and Mechanical Properties of Polyoxymethylene in Powder Injection Molding.- Constitutive Response of Electronics Materials.- Analytical and Experimental Protocols for Unified Characterizations in Real Time Space for Isotropic Linear Viscoelastic Moduli From 1-D Tensile Experiments.- High Temperature Multiaxial Creep-fatigue and Creep-ratcheting Behavior of Alloy 617.- Metastable Austenitic Steels and Strain Rate History Dependence.- Measurement Uncertainty Evaluation for High Speed Tensile Properties of Auto-body Steel Sheets.- Effect of Water Absorption on Time-temperature Dependent Strength of CFRP.- Stress and Pressure Dependent Thermo-Oxidation Model for poly (Bis)Maleimide Resins and Composites.- Comparison of Sea Water Exposure Environments on the Properties of Carbon Fiber Vinylester Composites.- Low-density, Polyurea-based Composites: Dynamic Mechanical Properties and Pressure Effect.- Haynes 230 High Temperature Thermo-mechanical Fatigue Constitutive Model Development.- Temperature and Strain Rate Effects on the Mechanical Behavior of Ferritic Stainless Steels.- Modeling and Simulation in Validation Assessment of Failure Predictions for High Temperature Pressurized Pipes.- Unified Constitutive Modeling of Haynes 230 for Isothermal Creep-Fatigue Responses.

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