Challenges in Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials and Processes in Conventional and Multifunctional Materials, Volume 2 represents one of seven volumes of technical papers presented at the Society for Experimental Mechanics SEM 12th International Congress & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, held at Costa Mesa, California, June 11-14, 2012.  The full set of proceedings also includes volumes on: Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Imaging Methods for Novel Materials and Challenging Applications, Experimental and Applied Mechanics, 2nd International Symposium on the Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials 13th International Symposium on MEMS and Nanotechnology and, Composite Materials and the 1st International Symposium on Joining Technologies for Composites.

InhaltsangabeFrom the Contents: KEYNOTE: Elastomeric Polymers for Shockwave Mitigation and Extreme Loading Conditions.- Formulation and Validation of a Thermomechanical Viscoelastic/Viscoplastic Constitutive Model for Amorphous Glassy Polymer.- Temperature Dependent Ductile Material Failure Constitutive Modeling With Validation Experiments.- Inverse Measurement of Stiffness by the normalization technique for J-integral fracture toughness.- Energy Dissipation Mechanism in Nanocomposites Studied via Molecular Dynamics Simulation.- Formulation a Thermomechanical Internal State Variable Constitutive Model for Elastomers.>