Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Volume 1 [electronic resource] : Proceedings of the 2011 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics / edited by Tom Proulx.

Punch Response of Gels at Different Loading Rates -- A Kolsky Torsion Bar Technique for Characterization of Dynamic Shear Response of Soft Materials -- Loading Rate Effect on the Tensile Failure of Concrete and Its Constituents Using Diametrical Compression and Direct Tension -- Influence of Strain-rate and Confining Pressure on the Shear Strength of Concrete -- Dynamic Tensile Properties of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete -- Effect of Liquid Environment on Dynamic Constitutive Response of Reinforced Gels -- Ballistic Gelatin Characterization and Constitutive Modeling -- Strain Rate Response of Cross-linked Polymer Epoxies Under Uni-axial Compression -- Strength and Failure Energy for Adhesive Interfaces as a Function of Loading Rate -- Fracture in Layered Plates Having Property Mismatch across the Crack Front -- Stress Variations and Particle Movements During Penetration Into Granular Materials -- Sand Particle Breakage Under High-pressure and High-rate Loading -- Experimental and Numerical Study of Wave Propagation in Granular Media -- Communication of Stresses by Chains of Grains in High-Speed Particulate Media Impacts -- Effects of Thermal Treated on the Dynamic Facture Properties Using a Semi-circular Bend Technique -- Development and Characterization of a PU-PMMA Transparent Interpenetrating Polymer Networks (t-IPNs) -- Dynamic Ring-on-Ring Equibiaxial Flexural Strength of Borosilicate Glass -- Stress-strain Response of PMMA as a Function of Strain-rate and Temperature -- Dynamic Behavior of Three PBXs With Different Temperatures -- Dynamic Compressive Properties of A PBX Analog as a Function of Temperature and Strain Rate -- Dynamic Response of Shock Loaded Architectural Glass Panels -- A Dynamic Punch Method to Quantify the Dynamic Shear Strength of Brittle Solids -- A Sensored Projectile Impact on a Composite Sandwich Panel -- Cut Resistance and Fracture Toughness of High Performance Fibers -- Kolsky Tension Bar Techniques for Dynamic Characterization of Alloys -- Prediction of Dynamic Forces in Fire Service Escape Scenarios -- Tensile Behavior of Kevlar 49 Woven Fabrics Over a Wide Range of Strain Rates -- The Effect of Loading Rate on the Tensile Behavior of Single Zylon Fiber -- Statistical Analysis of Fiber Gripping Effects on Kolsky bar Test -- Perpendicular Yarn Pull-out Behavior Under Dynamic Loading -- Dynamic Response of Homogeneous and Functionally Graded Foams When Subjected to Transient Loading by a Square Punch -- Dynamic Strain Measurement of Welded Tensile Specimens Using Digital Image Correlation -- Ultra High Speed Full-field Strain Measurements on Spalling Tests on Concrete Materials -- Contact Mechanics of Impacting Slender Rods: Measurement and Analysis -- Solenoid Actuated, Rail Mounted, Aircraft Payload Release Mechanisms -- Finite Element Modeling of Ballistic Impact on Kevlar 49 Fabrics -- Optimal Pulse Shapes for SHPB Tests on Soft Materials -- Dynamic Tensile Characterization of Foam Materials -- On Measuring the High Frequency Response of Soft Viscoelastic Materials at Finite Strains -- The Blast Response of Sandwich Composites With a Graded Core: Equivalent Core Layer Mass vs. Equivalent Core Layer Thickness -- Effects of High and Low Temperature on the Dynamic Performance of the Core Material, Face-sheets and the Sandwich Composite -- Influence of Texture and Temperature on the Dynamic-tensile-extrusion Response of High-purity Zirconium -- Modeling and DIC Measurements of Dynamic Compression Tests of a Soft Tissue Simulant -- Measurement of R-values at Intermediate Strain Rates Using a Digital Speckle Extensometry -- Study of Strain Energy in Deformed Insect Wings -- Experimental Study of Cable Vibration Damping -- Dynamic Thermo-mechanical Response of Austenite Containing Steels -- Investigation into the Spall Strength of Cast Iron -- Development of Brick and Mortar Material Parameters for Numerical Simulations -- Electrical Behavior of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Epoxy Under Compression -- Effect of Curvature on Shock Loading Response of Aluminum Panels -- Deformation Measurements and Simulations of Blast Loaded Plates -- The Blast Response of Sandwich Composites With Bi-axial In-plane Compressive Loading -- Dynamic Response of Porcine Articular Cartilage and Meniscus under Shock Loading -- Dynamic Response of Beams Under  Transverse Impact Loadings -- Constitutive Model Parameter Study for Armor Steel and Tungsten Alloys -- A Scaled Model Describing the Rate-dependent Compressive Failure of Brittle Materials -- Experimental Verification of Negative Phase Velocity in Layered Media -- Gas Gun Impact Analysis on Adhesives in Sandwich Composite Panels -- Damage Analysis of Projectile Impacted Laminar Composites -- Rate Sensitivity in Pure Ni Under Dynamic Compression -- Effect of Aging Treatment on Dynamic Behavior of Mg-Gd-Y Alloy -- Temperature Effect on Drop-weight Impact of Woven Composites -- Dynamic Mode-II Characterization of a Woven Glass Composite -- Rate Dependent Material Properties of an OFHC Copper Film -- Zirconium: Probing the Role of Texture Using Dynamic-tensile-extrusion.

Dynamic Behavior of Materials represents one of eight volumes of technical papers presented at the Society for Experimental Mechanics Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, held at Uncasville, Connecticut, June 13-16, 2011.  The full set of proceedings also includes volumes on Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials, Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials and Processes in Conventional and Multifunctional Materials, MEMS and Nanotechnology; Optical Measurements, Modeling and, Metrology; Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Thermomechanics and Infra-Red Imaging, and Engineering Applications of Residual Stress.