Advances in Experimental Mechanics V

Review from Ringgold Inc., ProtoView: These proceedings of the September 2007 conference reflect recent advances in the field of materials performance. Papers cover structural integrity (including monitoring creep strain and determining fretting fatigue), inverse problems (including software implementation of the virtual fields methods and means of identifying material properties using FEMU), mechanical modeling (including constitutive models for finite element analysis and working life models), welded structures (including applications of electronic speckle pattern interferometry), NDE (including detection of fracture signals using acoustic emission and evaluation of sub-surface stresses using thermoplastic stress analysis), micromechanical testing (including methods of testing local strain), composites (including tests for glass/carbon fiber and fiber reinforces polymers), impact and high strain rates (including assessment of compression responses of friction stir-welded joints), and those on dynamic molding include load pulse determination in gas gun impact tests.