Mechanics of Composite and Multi-functional Materials, Volume 7 Proceedings of the 2015 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics

Mechanics of Multifunctional Wings With Solar Cells for Robotic Birds.- Optimization of Magnetic and Electrical Properties of New Aluminium Matrix Composite Reinforced With Magnetic Nano Iron Oxide (Fe3O4).- Manufacturing and Characterization of Non-Isotropic Membranes for Micro Air Vehicles.- Compliant Artificial Skins to Enable Robotic Sensing and Training by Touch.- Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy for Structural Health Monitoring.- Soliton-based Sensor/Actuator for Delamination and Weak Bond Detection in Laminated Composites.- In Pursuit of Bio-inspired Triboluminescent Multifunctional Composites.- Passive-only Defect Detection and Imaging in Composites Using Diffuse Fields.- Buckypaper-cored Novel Photovoltaic Sensors for In-Situ Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of Composite Materials Using Hybrid Quantum Dots (QDs).- Viscoelasticity of Glass-forming Materials: What About Inorganic Sealing Glasses?.- Unified Creep Plasticity Damage (UCPD) Model for Rigid Polyurethane Foams.- Mechanical Behavior Characterization of Polyurethane Used in Bend Stiffeners.- Effect of Pressure on Damping Properties of Granular Polymeric Materials.- Wideband Material Characterization of Viscoelastic Materials.- On the Mechanical Response of Polymer Fiber Composites Reinforced With nanoparticles.- Design of Al-Nb2Al Composites Through Powder Metallurgy.- Influence of Heat Treatments on Microstructure and Mechanical Behaviour of Compressible Al Matrix, Low Density Composites.- Large Deformation of Particle-filled Rubber Composites.- Advanced Structured Composites as Novel Phononic Crystals and Acoustic Metamaterials.- Low-Cost Production of Epoxy Matrix Composites Reinforced With Scarp Rubber, Boron and Alumina.- Prediction of Flexural Properties of Coir Polyester Composites by ANN.- Filler-Reinforced Poly(glycolic acid) for Degradable Frac Balls Under High Pressure Operations.- Characteristics of Elastomeric Composites Reinforced With Carbon Black and Epoxy.- Mechanical Properties of Extensively Recycled High Density Polyethylene (HDPE).- Mechanical Characterization and Preliminary Modeling of PEEK.- Characterization of the Nonlinear Elastic Behavior of Chinchilla Tympanic Membrane Using Micro-fringe Projection.- Compression of Silicone Foams.- Keynote: Voltage Control of Single Magnetic Domain Nanoscale Heterostructure, Analysis and Experiments.- Active Damping in Polymer-based Nanocomposites.- MWCNT and CNF Cementitious Nanocomposites for Enhanced Strength and Toughness.- Small Scale Thermomechanics in Si With an Account of Surface Stress Measurements.- Magnetorheological Elastomers: Experimental and Modeling Aspects.- Keynote: Failure Criteria of Composite Materials Under Static and Dynamic Loading.- A Theory of Multi-constituent Finitely-Deforming Composite Materials Subject to Thermochemical Changes With Damage.- Pressurized In-situ Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analysis Method for Oilfied Polymers and Composites.- HPHT Hot-Wet Resistance of Reinforcement Fibers and Fiber-resin Interface of Advanced Composites.- Laboratory Testing of Composites to Replicate Oil & Gas Service.- Measurement of Thermal Deformation of CFRP Under Rapid Heating.- Performance of Patch and Full-encirclement Bonded Composite Repairs.- Meso-scale Deformation Behavior of Polymer Bonded Energetic Material Under Quasi-static Compression.- Subsidence Modeling and Analysis for Sand Shear Strength Parameter Testing.- Determining the Shear Relaxation Modulus and Constitutive Models for Polyurea and Polyurea-based Composite Materials From Dynamic Mechanical Testing Data.- Long-term Stability of UHMWPE Fibers.- Age Deformation after Stamping of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polycarbonate Laminates.- Incremental Formulation for Coupled Viscoelasticity and Hydrolock Effect in Softwood.- Accelerated Creep Testing of CFRP with the Stepped Isostress Method.- Coupon-based Qualification for the Fatigue of Composite Repairs of Pressure Equipment.- Effect of a Composite Coupler on Windshield Wiper System Chatter.- Through Process Modeling Approach: Effect of Microstructure on Mechanical Properties of Fiber Reinforced Composites.- Molding Strain of Glass Fibers of Model GFRP.- Effect of Molding Conditions on Process-induced Deformation of Asymmetric FRP Laminates.- Simulation of High Rate Failure Mechanisms in Composites During Quasi-static Testing.- Meso-scale Deformation Mechanisms of Energetic Materials Under Dynamic Loading.- High strain rate tensile behavior of fiber metal laminates.- Compressive Response of Honeycomb Filled With Micro-sphere Embedded Aluminum.