Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Volume 1 of the Proceedings of the 2020 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the first volume of seven from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

​Mechanical Characterization of 304L-VAR Stainless Steel in Tension with a Full Coverage from Low, Intermediate, to High Strain Rates.- Crack Branching in Soda-Lime Glass: Optical Measurement of Precursors Using Digital Gradient Sensing.- Optical Investigation of Quasi-Static and Dynamic Crack Growth in Cellulose Nanopaper.- Expanding Inertial Microcavitation Rheometry to Cover Large Material Stretches in Soft Materials.- Development of a Kolsky Bar Shaft-Loaded Blister Test to Evaluate Dynamic Behavior of Adhesives.- Constitutive Behavior of AA7475-T7351 at High Strain Rate and Elevated Temperatures.- Experimental Investigation of the Failure Rate Dependency of Composite Materials using Off-Axis Tensile Tests.- Observations of Velocity-Dependent Drag and Bearing Stress in Sand Penetration.- Ultra- Fast and Tunable Liquid Nanofoam Load Limiter.- Dynamic Rugae Strain Localizations and Instabilities in Soft  Viscoelastic Materials During Inertial Microcavitation.- Spall Response ofElectroplated Gold Samples.- Simulated Construction of FeMnAlC Alloy System Phase Diagram and Study of its Dynamic Characterization.- Developing a Methodology for Testing of Hearing Protection Systems.- An Innovative Experimental Approach for the Assessment of Composite Panel Ballistic Limit.- Development of a Micro Tensile Kolsky Bar.- Analysis of the Explosively Driven Expanding Ring Tension Test.- Static and Dynamic Mechanical Characterization of a Spark Plasma Sintered B6O-B4C Composite.- The Development of Split Hopkinson Tension-Torsion Bar for the Understanding of Complex Stress States at High Rate.- High Strain Rate Characterization and Impact Analysis of Fibre Reinforced Composites.

Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Volume 1 of the Proceedings of the 2020 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the first volume of seven 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