Dynamic Behavior of Materials represents one of eight volumes of technical papers presented at the Society for Experimental Mechanics Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, held at Uncasville, Connecticut, June 13-16, 2011. The full set of proceedings also includes volumes on Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials, Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials and Processes in Conventional and Multifunctional Materials, MEMS and Nanotechnology; Optical Measurements, Modeling and, Metrology; Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Thermomechanics and Infra-Red Imaging, and Engineering Applications of Residual Stress.

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Punch Response of Gels at Different Loading Rates.- A Kolsky Torsion Bar Technique for Characterization of Dynamic Shear Response of Soft Materials.- Loading Rate Effect on the Tensile Failure of Concrete and Its Constituents Using Diametrical Compression and Direct Tension.- Influence of Strain-rate and Confining Pressure on the Shear Strength of Concrete.- Dynamic Tensile Properties of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete.- Effect of Liquid Environment on Dynamic Constitutive Response of Reinforced Gels.- Ballistic Gelatin Characterization and Constitutive Modeling.- Strain Rate Response of Cross-linked Polymer Epoxies Under Uni-axial Compression.- Strength and Failure Energy for Adhesive Interfaces as a Function of Loading Rate.- Fracture in Layered Plates Having Property Mismatch across the Crack Front.- Stress Variations and Particle Movements During Penetration Into Granular Materials.- Sand Particle Breakage Under High-pressure and High-rate Loading.- Experimental and Numerical Study of Wave Propagation in Granular Media.- Communication of Stresses by Chains of Grains in High-Speed Particulate Media Impacts.- Effects of Thermal Treated on the Dynamic Facture Properties Using a Semi-circular Bend Technique.- Development and Characterization of a PU-PMMA Transparent Interpenetrating Polymer Networks (t-IPNs).- Dynamic Ring-on-Ring Equibiaxial Flexural Strength of Borosilicate Glass.- Stress-strain Response of PMMA as a Function of Strain-rate and Temperature.- Dynamic Behavior of Three PBXs With Different Temperatures.- Dynamic Compressive Properties of A PBX Analog as a Function of Temperature and Strain Rate.- Dynamic Response of Shock Loaded Architectural Glass Panels.- A Dynamic Punch Method to Quantify the Dynamic Shear Strength of Brittle Solids.- A Sensored Projectile Impact on a Composite Sandwich Panel.- Cut Resistance and Fracture Toughness of High Performance Fibers.- Kolsky Tension Bar Techniques for Dynamic Characterization of Alloys.- Predictionof Dynamic Forces in Fire Service Escape Scenarios.- Tensile Behavior of Kevlar 49 Woven Fabrics Over a Wide Range of Strain Rates.- The Effect of Loading Rate on the Tensile Behavior of Single Zylon Fiber.- Statistical Analysis of Fiber Gripping Effects on Kolsky bar Test.- Perpendicular Yarn Pull-out Behavior Under Dynamic Loading.- Dynamic Response of Homogeneous and Functionally Graded Foams When Subjected to Transient Loading by a Square Punch.- Dynamic Strain Measurement of Welded Tensile Specimens Using Digital Image Correlation.- Ultra High Speed Full-field Strain Measurements on Spalling Tests on Concrete Materials.- Contact Mechanics of Impacting Slender Rods: Measurement and Analysis.- Solenoid Actuated, Rail Mounted, Aircraft Payload Release Mechanisms.- Finite Element Modeling of Ballistic Impact on Kevlar 49 Fabrics.- Optimal Pulse Shapes for SHPB Tests on Soft Materials.- Dynamic Tensile Characterization of Foam Materials.- On Measuring the High Frequency Response of Soft Viscoelastic Materials at Finite Strains.- The Blast Response of Sandwich Composites With a Graded Core: Equivalent Core Layer Mass vs. Equivalent Core Layer Thickness.- Effects of High and Low Temperature on the Dynamic Performance of the Core Material, Face-sheets and the Sandwich Composite.- Influence of Texture and Temperature on the Dynamic-tensile-extrusion Response of High-purity Zirconium.- Modeling and DIC Measurements of Dynamic Compression Tests of a Soft Tissue Simulant.- Measurement of R-values at Intermediate Strain Rates Using a Digital Speckle Extensometry.- Study of Strain Energy in Deformed Insect Wings.- Experimental Study of Cable Vibration Damping.- Dynamic Thermo-mechanical Response of Austenite Containing Steels.- Investigation into the Spall Strength of Cast Iron.- Development of Brick and Mortar Material Parameters for Numerical Simulations.- Electrical Behavior of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Epoxy Under Compression.- Effect of Curvature on Shock Loading Response of Aluminum Panels.- Deformation Measurements and Simulations of Blast Loaded Plates.- The Blast Response of Sandwich Composites With Bi-axial In-plane Compressive Loading.- Dynamic Response of Porcine Articular Cartilage and Meniscus under Shock Loading.- Dynamic Response of Beams Under Transverse Impact Loadings.- Constitutive Model Parameter Study for Armor Steel and Tungsten Alloys.- A Scaled Model Describing the Rate-dependent Compressive Failure of Brittle Materials.- Experimental Verification of Negative Phase Velocity in Layered Media.- Gas Gun Impact Analysis on Adhesives in Sandwich Composite Panels.- Damage Analysis of Projectile Impacted Laminar Composites.- Rate Sensitivity in Pure Ni Under Dynamic Compression.- Effect of Aging Treatment on Dynamic Behavior of Mg-Gd-Y Alloy.- Temperature Effect on Drop-weight Impact of Woven Composites.- Dynamic Mode-II Characterization of a Woven Glass Composite.- Rate Dependent Material Properties of an OFHC Copper Film.- Zirconium: Pro...