Challenges in Mechanics of Time Dependent Materials, Volume 2: Proceedings of the 2015 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics ... Society for Experimental Mechanics Series)

__Challenges in Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials____, Volume 2 of the Proceedings of the 2015SEM Annual Conference& Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics__, the second volume of nine 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: Time-dependence in Metallic Materials Rate and Time Effects Additive Manufacturing General Materials Response Front Matter....Pages i-vii Thermal Degradation of Extension Springs....Pages 1-9 Effect of Applied Temperature and Strain Rate on Laser Welded Stainless Steel Structures....Pages 11-17 Process Modeling and Experiments for Forging and Welding....Pages 19-25 Time-Dependent Viscoplastic Model for Dislocation Generation During the Cooling Process in the Silicon Ingot....Pages 27-33 Interaction of Shock Wave with Granular Materials....Pages 35-43 Characterisation of Viscoelastic Material Properties During Curing Processes....Pages 45-54 Structure–Property Relationships in Bimodal Polyethylene from Indentation Measurements....Pages 55-60 Prediction Validation of Thermal Aging Performance of Military Composite Bridges....Pages 61-72 Modeling Creep and Relaxation Caused by Phase Dissolution....Pages 73-81 Effects of Net and Solid Skins on Self-Supporting Lattice Structures....Pages 83-89 Hybrid Joining Through Additive Manufacturing....Pages 91-99 Time Dependent Response of Inconel 718....Pages 101-104