Challenges in Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials, Volume 2 Proceedings of the 2014 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics

Unimorph Shape Memory Polymer Actuators Incorporating Transverse Curvature in the Substrate.- Yield Criterion for Polymeric Matrix Under Static and Dynamic Loading.- Investigating Uncertainty in SHPB Modeling and Characterization of Soft Materials.- Diffusion of Chemically Reacting Fluids Through Nonlinear Elastic Solids and 1D Stabilized Solutions.- Effect of Temperature on Mechanical Property Degradation of Polymeric Materials.- Small Strain Plasticity Behavior of 304L Stainless Steel in Glass-to-Metal Seal Applications.-Observations of Rate-Dependent Fracture of Locally Weakened Interfaces in Adhesive Bonds.- Keynote: Time Dependent Response of Composite Materials to Mechanical and Electrical Fields (40-min).- Characterizing the Temperature Dependent Spring-back Behavior of Poly(methyl Methacrylate) (PMMA) for Hot Embossing.- Thermomechanical Fatigue Evaluation of Haynes® 230® for Solar Receiver Applications.- Viscoelastic Characterization of Fusion Processing in Bimodal Polyethylene Blends.- Viscoelastic Properties for PMMA Bar Over a Wide Range of Frequencies.- Implementation of Fractional Constitutive Equations Into the Finite Element Method.- Effect of Pressure on Damping Properties of Granular Polymeric Materials.- Flow of Dry Grains Inside Rotating Drums.- Statistical Prediction of Tensile Creep Failure Time of Unidirectional CFRP.- Thermal Crystallinity and Mechanical Behavior of Polyethylene Terephthalate.- Effect of UV Exposure on the Mechanical Properties of POSS Reinforced Epoxy Nanocomposites.- Overcoming Challenges in Material Characterization of Polymers at Intermediate Strain Rates.- Prediction of Statistical Distribution of Solder Joint Fatigue Lifetime Using Hybrid Probabilistic Approach.- Effect of Moisture and Anisotropy in Multilayer SU-8 Thin Films.- Shrinkage Coefficient: Drying Microcrack Indicator.- Thermo-fluid Modeling of the Friction Extrusion Process.