Main description:

Challenges in Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials, Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials, and Micro-and Nanomechanics, Volume 2 of the Proceedings of the 2021 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the second volume of four from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Experimental Mechanics, including papers in the following general technical research areas:

Characterization Across Length Scales

Extreme Conditions & Environmental Effects

Damage, Fatigue and Fracture

Structure, Function and Performance

Rate Effects in Elastomers

Viscoelasticity & Viscoplasticity

Research in Progress

Extreme Nanomechanics

In-Situ Nanomechanics

Expanding Boundaries in Metrology

Micro and Nanoscale Deformation

MEMS for Actuation, Sensing and Characterization

1D & 2D Materials

Cardiac Mechanics

Cell Mechanics

Biofilms and Microbe Mechanics

Traumatic Brain Injury

Orthopedic Biomechanics

Ligaments and Soft Materials

Contents:

Chapter 1. Advance of Collaborative Twinning Fields in Magnesium AZ31 via the Strain and Residual Intensity Channels in Microscopic Image Correlation.- Chapter 2. Time Dependent Materials Response of Transverse Impact on Model Beams.- Chapter 3. Wearable Device for Tremor Suppression.- Chapter 4. Fractional Viscoelastic Modeling Enabling Accurate Atomic Force Microscope Contact Resonance Spectroscopy Characterization.- Chapter 5. A Method for Measuring Displacement and Strain Around a Crack of Rubber Sheets Using Digital Image Correlation.- Chapter 6. Understanding the Nano-scale Deformation Mechanisms of Polyurea from in-situ AFM Tensile Experiments.- Chapter 7. Porosity Determination and Classification of Laser Powder Bed Fusion AlSi10Mg Dogbones Using Machine Learning.- Chapter 8. Constitutive Modelling of the Dynamic Behavior of Cork Material.- Chapter 9. The Penetration Dynamics of a Violent Cavitation Bubble through a Hydrogel-water Interface.- Chapter 10. Effects of Hydration on the Mechanical Response of a PVA Hydrogel.- Chapter 11. Gaussian Process to Identify Hydrogel Constitutive Model.- Chapter 12. Effect of Host Surface Factors on Biocompatible Adhesion Index.- Chapter 13. Mass Mitigation in Structural Designs Via Dynamic Properties.- Chapter 14. High Temperature Burst Creep Properties of Nuclear-grade FeCrAl Fuel Cladding.