Experimental Mechanics On Emerging Energy Systems And Materials, Volume 5: Proceedings Of The 2010 Annual Conference On Experimental And Applied . Society For Experimental Mechanics Series)

This the fifth volume of six from the Annual Conference of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, 2010, brings together 25 chapters on Emerging Energy Systems. It presents early findings from experimental and computational investigations including Material State Changes in Heterogeneous Materials for Energy Systems, Characterization of Carbon Nanotube Foam for Improved Gas Storage Capability, Thermoresponsive Microcapsules for Autonomic Lithium-ion Battery Shutdown, Service Life Prediction of Seal in PEM Fuel Cells, and Assessing Durability of Elastomeric Seals for Fuel Cell Applications. Front Matter....Pages i-viii Experimental Mechanics for Prognosis of Material State Changes in Heterogeneous Materials for Energy Systems....Pages 1-10 Characterisation of Carbon Nanotube Foam for Improved Gas Storage Capability....Pages 11-16 Thermoresponsive Microcapsules for Autonomic Lithium-ion Battery Shutdown....Pages 17-23 Service Life Prediction of Seal in PEM Fuel Cells....Pages 25-32 Experimental Validation of A Constitutive Model for Ionomer Membrane in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC)....Pages 33-40 Evidence of piezonuclear reactions: From geological and tectonic transformations to neutron detection and measurements....Pages 41-48 Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy analysis on rock samples subjected to piezonuclear tests....Pages 49-56 Acoustic and electromagnetic emissions in rocks under compression....Pages 57-64 Gear with Asymmetric Teeth for use in Wind Turbines....Pages 65-71 Material Brittleness and the Energetics of Acoustic Emission....Pages 73-79 b -value of plain concrete beams based on AE Quanta....Pages 81-93 AE monitoring of the Syracuse Athena Temple: Scale invariance in the timing of ruptures....Pages 95-101 Analysis of energy released by elastic emission in brittle materials under compression....Pages 103-108 Numerical simulation of AE activity in quasi-brittle materials under compression....Pages 109-116 Mechanical characterization and AE of translucent self-compacting concrete plates in bending....Pages 117-124 Reconfiguration of Large Leaf under Wind Load....Pages 125-127 Manufacturing Challenges for the Modern Wind Turbine Rotor....Pages 129-147 Structural Monitoring of Wind Turbine Blades Using Fiber Optic Bragg Grating Strain Sensors....Pages 149-154 Degradation of Polymer Electrolyte Membranes....Pages 155-161 The Nonlinear Viscoelastic Properties of PFSA Membranes in Water-immersed and Humid Air Conditions....Pages 163-174 Assessing Durability of Elastomeric Seals For Fuel Cell Applications....Pages 175-181 Compression of Seals in PEM Fuel Cells....Pages 183-192 Mechanical Characterization and Modeling of Electrolyte Membranes in Electrolyte-Supported SOFCs....Pages 193-201 Metal Foils in Clean, Renewable Energy Applications....Pages 203-206 Experimental and Probabilistic Analysis of Asymmetric Gear Tooth....Pages 207-212