Challenges in Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials and Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials, Volume 2: Proceedings of the 2022 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics

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Preface 6 Contents 7 1 Evaluating the Effect of the Carbon Black on the Crack Growth Behavior of Natural Rubber Sheets with Large Deformation and the Strain Distribution 8 1.1 Introduction 8 1.2 TEST Method 9 1.3 Test Results and Discussion 10 1.4 Conclusion 11 References 11 2 Experimental Characterization of the Rate-Dependent Tensile Failure Behavior of Photocured Elastomer 12 2.1 Introduction 12 2.2 Methods 13 2.3 Microstructural Analysis 13 2.4 Conclusion 14 References 14 3 Extending the Validation Range of Time-Temperature Superposition Models by Utilising the Heating Rate Dependence of the Glass Transition Temperature 15 3.1 Introduction 15 3.2 Methods 16 3.2.1 Coefficient of Thermal Expansion Measurement 16 3.2.2 Volumetric Heat Capacity: Transient Plane Source 17 3.2.3 Differential Scanning Calorimetry 18 3.2.4 Dynamic Mechanical Analysis 18 3.3 Results 18 3.4 Discussion 19 3.5 Conclusions 20 References 21 4 Do Immobilization Methods Affect Force Spectroscopy Measurements of Single Bacteria? 22 4.1 Introduction 22 4.2 Experimental 23 4.3 Results and Discussion 23 4.4 Conclusions 25 References 25 5 Effect of Normal Stress on the Torsional Shear Response of the Porcine Descending Aorta 26 5.1 Introduction 26 5.2 Experimental Methods 26 5.2.1 Specimen Harvest 26 5.2.2 Experimental Setup 27 5.2.3 Experimental Protocol 27 5.3 Results 27 5.4 Conclusions 27 References 29 6 A Theoretical Investigation of the Impact of Blood-Endothelium Mechanical Interactions on the Cerebral Nitric Oxide Biotransport 30 6.1 Introduction 30 6.2 Mathematical Model 31 6.3 Results 34 6.4 Conclusion 35 References 37 7 The Incipient Failure of Glass Beads and Glass Bead/Epoxy Composites Under Compression as Observed by In Situ X-Ray Micro-Computed Tomography 38 7.1 Introduction 38 7.2 Materials and Methods 39 7.3 Results and Discussion 40 7.4 Conclusion 46 References 47 8 Embrittlement of Semicrystalline Polymers: A Dynamic Fracture Analysis 49 8.1 Introduction 49 8.2 Methodologies 50 8.3 Results 51 8.4 Conclusion 55 References 55 9 Characterization of Rate-Dependent Failure Properties of Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives 56 9.1 Introduction 56 9.2 Background 57 9.3 Experimental Setup 57 9.4 Results 60 9.5 Discussion 60 9.6 Conclusion 63 References 64 10 Evaluation of Johnson-Cook Failure Model for Aluminium Alloy AA6063-T6 65 10.1 Introduction 65 10.2 Johnson and Cook Cumulative Damage Model 66 10.3 Experimental Procedures 66 10.3.1 Material 66 10.3.2 Mechanical Testing 67 10.4 Experimental Results 67 10.5 Conclusions 71 References 72 11 Measuring Adhesion Strength of an Improved Dental Biofilm Model on a Titanium Surface 73 11.1 Introduction 73 11.2 Methods and Materials 74 11.3 Preliminary Results 74 11.4 Conclusion 76 References 76 12 Time-Resolved Characterization of Impact Testing 78 12.1 Introduction 78 12.2 Experimental 79 12.3 Results 80 12.4 Conclusion 82 References 82 13 The Effect of Aging on Delamination Strength Utilizing an Embedded Digital Image Correlation Scheme 83 13.1 Introduction 83 13.2 Methods 84 13.3 Results 85 13.4 Conclusions 88 References 88 Challenges in Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials & Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials , Volume 2 of the Proceedings of the 2022 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics , the second volume of six 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 Cellular Biomechanics and Mechanobiology Biofilms and Microbe Mechanics Traumatic Brain Injury Cardiac and Vascular Biomechanics Orthopedic and Disease Biomechanics Time Dependence of Biomaterials Experimental Techniques in Biological and Biomimetic Systems