Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Volume 1 of the Proceedings of the 2021 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the first volume of four from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

Chapter 1. Crack Branching in Soda-Lime Glass: Optical Measurement of Precursors using Digital Gradient Sensing.- Chapter 2. Investigation of the Discrepancy between Contact Force and Measured Force in a Hopkinson Tube.- Chapter 3. Evaluation of Constitutive Behavior of Aluminium Alloy AA6063-T6.- Chapter 4. Effect of Equal Energy Impact on CFRP in Arctic Conditions.- Chapter 5. Kolsky Bar Tensile Gripping Methods for Structural Adhesives.- Chapter 6. An Initial Study of Ultraordnance Impact Experiments on Concrete.- Chapter 7. Dynamic Damage Evolution in Shale in the Presence of Pre-existing Microcracks.- Chapter 8. Probing Inertial Cavitation Damage in Viscoelastic Hydrogels Using Dynamic Bubble Pairs.- Chapter 9. A Simple Data-Rich IBII Test for Identifying all Orthotropic Stiffness Components at High Strain Rates.- Chapter 10. Comparison of the High Strain Rate Response of Boron/Silicon Carbide and MAX Phase Ceramics using the Image-Based Inertial Impact Test.- Chapter 11. High-Rate Indentation using Miniature Kolsky Bar Methods.- Chapter 12. Ultrasonic Guided Waves Generated by Parametrized Novel Mini Impactors with Application to Composite Structures.- Chapter 13. Effect of Impact Velocity on Dynamic Response of Polymeric Foams.- Chapter 14. The Form and Function of the Kolsky Bar for Dynamic Three-Point Bending.- Chapter 15. Additional Study of the Explosively Driven Expanding Ring Tension Test.- Chapter 16. Ballistic Performance Evaluation of Carbon Graphite Foam (CGF) And Nanoparticle-Kevlar (SNK) Composites Using Compressed-Air Guns.- Chapter 17. Shear Damage Model Identification for Off-axis IBII Composites Specimen Loaded and Unloaded at High Strain Rates.

Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Volume 1 of the Proceedings of the 2021 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the first 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 fundamental and applied aspects of Experimental Mechanics, including papers on:Synchrotron Applications/Advanced Dynamic ImagingQuantitative Visualization of Dynamic EventsNovel Experimental TechniquesDynamic Behavior of GeomaterialsDynamic Failure & FragmentationDynamic Response of Low Impedance MaterialsHybrid Experimental/Computational StudiesShock and Blast LoadingAdvances in Material ModelingIndustrial Applications