Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Volume 1

Initiation and Propagation in Glass During Ring-on-ring Testing.- Investigation of Cavitation Using a Modified Hopkinson Apparatus.- Characterization of Structural Epoxy Adhesives.- Rate Dependent Response of Cross-linked Epoxy Networks.- Dynamic Crack Propagation in Layered Transparent Materials Studied Using Digital Gradient Sensing Method.- Fracture Toughness Testing of Advanced Silicon Carbide Ceramics Using Digital Image Correlation.- Fracture of Pre-Stressed Woven Glass Fiber Composite Exposed to Shock Loading. -A Miniature Tensile Kolsky Bar for Thin Film Testing.- High Temperature Tension HSB Device Based on Direct Electrical Heating.- Dynamic Flow Stress Measurements for Machining Applications.- Thermo-Mechanical Behavior of AA-2219 and AA-2195 at High Strain Rates.- Rigid Angular Impact Responses of a Generic Steel Vehicle Front Bumper and Crush Can: Correlation of Two Velocity-Measurement Techniques.- Force-Time History Assessment of a Generic Steel Vehicle Front Bumper and Crush Can Subjected to a Rigid Center Pole Impact.- Damage of Two Concrete Materials due to Enhanced Shaped Charges.- Influence of Free Water and Strain-rate on the Behaviour of Concrete Under High Confining Pressure.- Numerical Investigation of Impact Condition Effects on Concrete Penetration.- On the Damage Mechanisms Involved in Different Geomaterials Subjected to Edge-on Impact Experiments.- Effect of Boundary Conditions on the Thermo-mechanical Response of Hastelloy® X Plates Subjected to Shock Loading.- Experimental Studies of the Matrix Detonating Cord Charge.- The Characterization of Ammonium Nitrate Mini-Prills.- High-strain Rate Compressive Behavior of Dry Mason Sand Under Confinement.- Scale Bridging Interactions During Penetration of Granular Materials.- Experimental Investigation on Material Dynamic Behaviors Using Ultra-high-speed Cameras.- Application of 3-D Digital Image Correlation Technique to Study Underwater Implosion.- Dynamic Analysis of a Plate Loaded byExplosively Driven Sand.- Simulating the Planar Shock Response of Concrete.- Mesoscale Simulations of Dry Sand.- Perforation of 6082-T651 Aluminum Plates with 7.62mm APM2 Bullets at Normal and Oblique Impacts.