Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Volume 4

1.Experimental Characterization of Shape Fixity in Transversely Curved Unimorph SMP Actuators.- 2.Full-field Three-Dimensional Characterization of Non-repetitive Motions by Single-shot Multiplexed Digital Holography.- 3.Basic Foundations of Signal Analysis Models Applied to Retrieval of Displacements and their Derivatives Encoded in Fringe Patterns.- 4.Recent Optical Measurements for the Mechanical Properties of Thin Films.- 5.Evaluation of the Penalized Least Squares Method for Strain Computation.- 6.Speckle Projection Profilometry Using a Diffractive Telecentric Arrangement.- 7.Use of VFM for Heterogeneity Evaluation of Materials Under Uniaxial Tensile Stress.- 8.Optimized Test Design for Identification the Variation of Elastic Stiffness Properties of Loblolly Pine (pinus taeda) Pith to Bark.- 9.Investigation of the Hydric Transfer Phenomenon in Wood at the Ring Scale With the Grid Method.- 10.Extension of the Non-Linear Virtual Fields Method to Inertial Heterogeneous High Strain Rate Tests.- 11.Experimental Mechanics for Graduate Students.- 12.Bridge Foundation Depth Estimation using Sonic Echo Test.- 13.Detonation of Small Charges Buried in Cohesionless Soil.- 14.Similitude Analysis of Composite I-beams With Application to Subcomponent Testing of Wind Turbine Blades.- 15.Validating FSI Simulations in LS-DYNA 971 R7.- 16.In Vitro Experimental Study for the Determination of Cellular Characteristics of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Using a Non-uniform Deformation Field.- 17.Development of New Method for Direct Measurement of High Strain Rate Testing Parameters.- 18.Simultaneous Measurement of Polymerization Stress Evolution, Conversion Kinetics, and Exotherm in Real-time.- 19.Symmetric and Asymmetric Double Cantilever Beam Methods for Interfacial Adhesion Strength Measurement in Electronic Packaging.- 20.Broadband Electromechanical Spectroscopy: A Method for Measuring the Dynamic Electromechanical Response of Ferroelectrics.- 21.Experimental Study of MechanicalPerformance