Mechanics of Composite, Hybrid and Multifunctional Materials, Fracture, Fatigue, Failure and Damage Evolution, Volume 3 : Proceedings of the 2021 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics

Mechanics of Composite, Hybrid, and Multifunctional Materials, Fracture, Fatigue, Failure and Damage Evolution, Volume 3 of the Proceedings of the 2021 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the third volume of four from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on a wide range of areas, including: Recycled Constituent Composites Damage Detection Advanced Imaging of Composites Multifunctional Materials Composite Interfaces Tunable Composites Novel Experimental Methods Extreme Environments Interfacial Fracture Integration of Models & Experiments Mechanics of Energy & Energetic Materials Integration of Models & Experiments In Situ Techniques for Fatigue & Fracture Microscale & Microstructural Effects on Mechanical Behavior Preface Contents Chapter 1: Effects of Water Saturation and Low Temperature Coupling on the Mechanical Behavior of Carbon and E-Glass Epoxy Lam... 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Materials 1.3 Results Chapter 2: Initiation and Propagation Fracture Toughness of AA7475-T7651 Under Different Loading Conditions 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Material Description 2.2.1 Sample Preparation and Specimen Geometry 2.3 Experimental Procedure 2.3.1 The Theoretical Aspect of Static Fracture Toughness 2.4 Experiments and Results 2.5 Results and Discussion 2.5.1 Calculation of Propagation Fracture Toughness 2.5.2 Effect of Loading Rate 2.5.3 Effect of Displacement on the Propagation Toughness 2.6 Conclusion References Chapter 3: Flow Stress and Fracture Toughness Behavior of AA5083 Under Quasi-Static Loading 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Theory and Specimen 3.2.1 Quasi-Static Fracture Toughness Test 3.2.2 Quasi-Static Tensile and Compression Test 3.3 Results and Discussions 3.4 Conclusions References Chapter 4: Development of Carbon-Glass Fiber Reinforced Hybrid Composites: Applications in Offshore Wind Turbine Blades 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Materials and Methods 4.2.1 Material Characterization 4.3 Results and Discussion 4.4 Conclusion References Chapter 5: Effect of the Graphene Nanoplatelets (GnPs) on the Mechanical Properties in Recycled PP-Based Hybrid Composites 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Materials and Methods 5.2.1 Preparation of Materials 5.2.2 Material Characterization 5.3 Results and Discussions 5.4 Conclusion References Chapter 6: Static and Dynamic Behaviour of Recycled AA7075 Based Composites Reinforced with ZrO2-γ-Al203 Fibre and SiC 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Materials and Methods: Experimental Conditions 6.3 Results and Discussion 6.3.1 Microstructural Analyses 6.4 Conclusions References Chapter 7: Recycled ``Al431 + A1050 ́ ́ Based Composites Reinforced with ``TiC ́ ́ Ceramic Powders for Aeronautical Applications 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Experimental Conditions 7.3 Results and Discussion 7.4 Conclusions References Chapter 8: Experimental and Finite Element Study of Recycled Aluminium (AA7075) Matrix Composites Reinforced of TiC/MoS2/γ-Al2... 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Experimental Conditions 8.3 Results and Discussion 8.4 Conclusions References Chapter 9: Tailored Behaviour of Scrap Copper Matrix Composites Reinforced with ``Zn-Ni-Al ́ ́ Low Cost Shape Memory Structures 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Experimental Conditions 9.3 Results and Discussion 9.4 Conclusions References Chapter 10: Mechanical Properties of Recycled Rubber Modified Epoxy Resin Based Composites for Aircraft Auxiliary Structures 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Experimental Conditions 10.3 Results and Discussion 10.3.1 Three-Point Bending Tests (SENB-ASTM D 790) and Fracture Surface Observations 10.4 Conclusions References Chapter 11: Manufacturing of Scrap Thin Sheet ``Ni-Ti-Al ́ ́ Based Composites Reinforced with Nb2Al Through Hot-Forged Bonding: ... 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Experimental Conditions 11.3 Results and Discussion 11.4 Conclusions References Chapter 12: Recycled Niobium-Aluminium (Nb2Al) Intermetallics Based Composite Design: An Experimental and Numerical Approach f... 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Materials, Experimental Methods and Finite Element Analysis 12.3 Results and Discussion of Experimental and Finite Element Analysis 12.3.1 Microstructural Analyses 12.3.2 Three-Point Bending Test Results 12.3.3 Static Compression Test Results 12.4 Conclusions References Chapter 13: Numerical Modeling of Recycled Rubber Based Composites Reinforced with Glass Fibers at High Strain Rates 13.1 Introduction 13.2 Material Characterization Methods 13.3 Numerical Analysis 13.4 Conclusion References Chapter 14: Piezoelectric Actuators as Control Surfaces for Morphing Vehicle 14.1 Introduction 14.2 Background 14.3 Analysis 14.4 Conclusion References Chapter 15: Alternative Concretes: Study of Concrete Performance with Addition of Copper Tailings Reinforced and Steel Fiber 15.1 Introduction 15.2 Background 15.3 Analysis 15.4 Conclusion References Chapter 16: Cyclical Instrumented Indentation Testing for Fatigue Characterization of Metals 16.1 Introduction 16.2 Materials and Setup 16.3 Cyclical Instrumented Indentation Testing Using Continuous Stiffness Measurements (CSM) 16.4 Elastic Modulus 16.5 Results and Discussion 16.6 Conclusions References Chapter 17: Toughening Mechanism of Recycled Rubber Based Composites Reinforced with Glass Fibers + Alumina Fibers for Militar... 17.1 Introduction 17.2 Experimental Conditions 17.2.1 Materials Processing and Fracture Surface Analyses 17.3 Results and Discussion 17.3.1 Microstructure and Fracture Surface Observations 17.3.2 Mechanical and Physical Properties: Three-Point Bending Tests (SENB)-ASTM D 790 17.4 Conclusion References Chapter 18: Sensitivity Analysis of a Concrete Structure Subjected to Cyclic Loading Using a Polynomial Chaos Expansion Method 18.1 Introduction 18.2 Mechanical Model 18.3 Expansion of Polynomial Chaos 18.4 Numerical Implementation 18.5 Results and Discussions 18.6 Conclusion References