Dynamic Behavior of Materials Technical Division

Technical Division Bylaws

At the 2011 SEM Annual Conference, the TD had a panel discussion on the topic of Imaging at High Strain Rates.  To see a brief summary and discussion of what took place, CLICK HERE.

At the 2012 SEM Annual Conference, the TD had a second panel discussion on the topic of Imaging at High Strain Rates.  To see a brief summary and discussion of what took place, CLICK HERE.

Dynamic Behavior of Materials - Updated May 2013

The purpose of this Technical Division is to provide a forum for the exchange of information on the dynamic behavior of materials, plan and coordinate dynamic materials research of the society, and promote and/or organize special sessions, symposia, short courses, workshops, or manuals.

Activities for the past year include:

• TD elected new officers at the TD meeting during 2012 SEM Annual Conference.  Bo Song became Chair and Daniel Casem was promoted to co-chair of the TD.  Jamie Kimberley was elected as new secretary of the TD.
• The technical division sponsored a technical track, “Dynamic Behavior of Materials” for the 2012 SEM Annual Conference, including 21 Technical Sessions (see 2011 TD report).  For the upcoming 2013 annual SEM Conference, the TD will continue the “Dynamic Behavior of Materials” track, which covers the following topics:
• General Dynamic Material Properties
• Dynamic Fracture and Failure
• Novel Testing of Materials (2 sessions)
• Dynamic Behavior of Geo-materials
• Dynamic Behavior of Biological and Biomimetic Materials
• Dynamic Behavior of Composites and Multifunctional Materials
• Dynamic Behavior of Low-impedance Materials
• Multi-scale Modeling of Dynamic Behavior of Materials
• Quantitative Visualization of Dynamic Behavior of Materials
• Shock/Blast Loading of Materials
• The TD organized a “High Rate Imaging” panel on Imaging at High Strain Rates at 2012 SEM Annual Conference.  At 2013 SEM Annual Conference, the TD will continuously organize the “High Rate Image” panel for the third year in a row, focusing on the optical method of digital image correlation (DIC) and advances in thermal imaging at high rates.
• We invited Prof. Hareesh Tippur to deliver a keynote presentation for the “Dynamic Behavior of Materials” track at 2013 SEM Annual Conference.
• The TD selected the Best Paper award from the 2012 conference papers based on the evaluations of session chairs and track organizers. This award will be presented at the Award Luncheon meeting at 2013 SEM Annual Conference.
• The TD will provide a Best Paper award for the 2013 conference papers, based on both oral and written papers.  The TD Executive committee will select the award recipient following the conference based on input from the Session Organizers and Chairs.
• Future plans for Dynamic Behavior sessions at the 2013 annual conference will be discussed at the upcoming TD meeting in Lombard, IL.

This technical division has no outstanding action items.