Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Volume 4: Proceedings of the 2015 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

Experimental Characterization of Shape Fixity in Transversely Curved Unimorph SMP Actuators.- Full-field Three-Dimensional Characterization of Non-repetitive Motions by Single-shot Multiplexed Digital Holography.- Basic Foundations of Signal Analysis Models Applied to Retrieval of Displacements and their Derivatives Encoded in Fringe Patterns.- Recent Optical Measurements for the Mechanical Properties of Thin Films.- Evaluation of the Penalized Least Squares Method for Strain Computation.- Speckle Projection Profilometry Using a Diffractive Telecentric Arrangement.- Use of VFM for Heterogeneity Evaluation of Materials Under Uniaxial Tensile Stress.- Optimized Test Design for Identification the Variation of Elastic Stiffness Properties of Loblolly Pine (pinus taeda) Pith to Bark.- Investigation of the Hydric Transfer Phenomenon in Wood at the Ring Scale With the Grid Method.- Extension of the Non-Linear Virtual Fields Method to Inertial Heterogeneous High Strain Rate Tests.- Experimental Mechanics for Graduate Students.- Bridge Foundation Depth Estimation using Sonic Echo Test.- Detonation of Small Charges Buried in Cohesionless Soil.- Similitude Analysis of Composite I-beams With Application to Subcomponent Testing of Wind Turbine Blades.- Validating FSI Simulations in LS-DYNA 971 R7.- In Vitro Experimental Study for the Determination of Cellular Characteristics of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Using a Non-uniform Deformation Field.- Development of New Method for Direct Measurement of High Strain Rate Testing Parameters.- Simultaneous Measurement of Polymerization Stress Evolution, Conversion Kinetics, and Exotherm in Real-time.- Symmetric and Asymmetric Double Cantilever Beam Methods for Interfacial Adhesion Strength Measurement in Electronic Packaging.- Broadband Electromechanical Spectroscopy: A Method for Measuring the Dynamic Electromechanical Response of Ferroelectrics.- Experimental Study of Mechanical Performance in Friction Stir Welded Dissimilar Titanium Alloys.- Testing a Multi-Bay Box Subjected to Combined Loads.- A Study on the Generation of a Fine-grained Layer in Upsetting Between Flat and Conical Dies.- Interface Microstructure and Strength of TLP Bonded Iron and Steel.