Experimental Analysis of Nano and Engineering Materials and Structures

This volume contains two-page abstracts of the 482 papers presented at the latest conference on the subject, in Alexandroupolis, Greece. The accompanying CD contains the full length papers. The abstracts of the fifteen plenary lectures are included at the beginning of the book. The remaining 467 abstracts are arranged in 23 tracks and 28 special symposia/sessions with 225 and 242 abstracts, respectively. The papers of the tracks have been contributed from open call, while the papers of the symposia/sessions have been solicited by the respective organizers.

"ICEM13 focused on all aspects of experimental mechanics of solids with emphasis on mechanical characterization and testing at the micro and nano scale levels. The technical program of ICEM13 was the product of hard work and devotion of more than 100 world leading experts.

Editor's Preface; Organizing Committees; ICEM13 TRACKS; ICEM13 SPECIAL SYMPOSIA/SESSIONS; A. INVITED PAPERS: Modern Photoelasticity for Residual Stress Measurement in Glass, by Hillar Aben, Johan Anton and Andrei Errapart; Thermoelastic Stress Analysis of Vascular Devices, by J.M. Dulieu-Barton, J. Eaton-Evans, E.G. Little and I.A. Brown; Micro/Nano Speckle Method with Applications to Material, Tissue Engineering and Heart Mechanics, by Fu-Pen Chiang; In-Situ Electron Microscopy Testing of Nanostructures, by Horacio D. Espinosa; Air Blast Loading of Cellular Media, by George A. Gazonas and Joseph A. Main; Importance of Full-Field Measurement Techniques for Better Models in Solid Mechanics, by Michel Grediac; Recent Developments and Applications of Photomechanics Methods for Microelectronics Product Development, by Bongtae Han; A Tentative Analysis of the Status of Speckle Interferometry in Experimental Mechanics, by Pierre Jacquot; On the Characterisation of Cellular Materials Used in Sandwich Construction, by R.A.W. Mines; Three-Dimensional Displacement Analysis by Windowed Phase-Shifting Digital Holographic Interferometry, by Yoshiharu Morimoto, Toru Matui and Motoharu Fujigaki; ONR Solid Mechanics Research Program Overview, by Yapa D. S. Rajapaks; Large-Deformation Constitutive Theories for Structural Composites: Rate Dependent Concepts and Effect of Microstructure, by Kenneth Rezfsnider and Liqun Xing; Experimental Mechanics at the Nanometric Level, by Cesar A. Sciammarella; Mechanical Property Measurement at the Micro/Nano Scale, by W.N. Sharpe, Jr; Characterisation and Assessment of Failure and Fatigue Phenomena in Sandwich Structures Induced by Localized Effects, by Ole Thybo Thomsen B. TRACKS: 1T3. Nanocomposites; 1T6. Nanostuctured Materials; 1T7. Thin Films;2T3. Applications; 2T4. Applied Photoelasticity; 2T6. Composite Materials; 2T7. Damage Assessment; 2T8. Dynamic Systems; 2T9. Fiber Optic Sensors; 2T10. Fracture and Fatigue; 2T11. HybridTechniques; 2T12. Impact Mechanics; 2T13. Inverse Problems; 2T17. Numerical Solutions; 2T18. Optical Methods; 2T19. Research in Progress; 2T20. Smart Materials and Structures; 2T21. Speckle Interferometry; 2T24. Structural Integrity and Health Monitoring; 2T26. Thermal Problems; 2T27. Time Dependent Materials; 2T28. Transducers and Sensors; C. SPECIAL SYMPOSIA/SESSIONS : 2. Experimental Characterization and Multiscale Modeling of Building Materials; 3. Experimental Analysis of Mechanical Properties in Advanced Materials; 4. Plasticity, Fracture and Fatigue at the Micro and Nano Scales; 5. Mission Synthesis; 6. Optical Methods for 3-D Displacement Field Measurement; 7. Fracture and Fatigue of Piezoelectric Ceramics; 8. Digital Holography; 9. Mechanics of MEMS; 10. Measurement of Residual Stress and Strain in Composite Processing and Service Life; 12. Time-Dependent Behavior; 14. Photoelasticity and its Applications; 15. Identification of Mechanical Constitutive Equations; 16. Impact Behaviour of Composite Materials and Structures; 17. Fiber Reinforced Polymer Application; 18. Advances in Speckle Interferometry; 19. Mechanical and Thermomechanical Properties of Smart Materials and Structures; 22. Sandwich Structures and Core Materials; 24. Experimental Buckling and Postbuckling of Lightweight Structures; 25. Impact/Crash and Other Dynamic Test Applications for Metalllc Materials ; 26. Application of Joining Techniques for Industrial Materials; 27. Bio-compatible and Bio-Composite Materials; 29. Transport Phenomena in Experimental Mechanics; 31. Thermal Methods for Stress and Damage Analysis; 32. Novel Applications of Experimental Mechanics; 33. Modern Practice in Acoustic Emission; 35. Biaxial Testing; 36. Residual Stress Measurements by Hole Drilling Techniques; 37. Mechanical Behaviour and Failure of Natural Bulding Stones.