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 2012

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:

• The technical division sponsored a technical track, “Dynamic Behavior of Materials” for the upcoming 2012 annual SEM Conference.  This includes 21 Technical Sessions addressing the following topics:

                                      (i)           Dynamic Behavior of Composite Materials (2 sessions, Joint with Composites TD)

                            (ii)           Dynamic Fracture and Failure (1 session)

                            (iii)          Materials Response (4 sessions)

                            (iv)          Novel Testing of Materials (2 sessions)

                            (v)          Low Impedance Materials (2 sessions)

                            (vi)          Dynamic Behavior of Geo-materials:  Grain-scale Mechanics (1 session)

                            (vii)         Dynamic Behavior of Geo-materials:  Ensemble Mechanics (1 session)

                            (viiI)        Dynamic Behavior of Geo-materials: Concrete (1 session)

                            (ix)          Dynamic Response of Brittle Materials (1 session)

                            (x)          Shock/Blast Loading of Materials (3 sessions)

                            (xi)          Optical Methods for High Strain Rate Testing (1 session)

                            (xii)         Multi-scale Modeling of Dynamic Behavior of Materials (2 sessions)

• The TD along with the optical methods division organized a panel on Imaging at High Strain Rates for the second year in a row. This panel consists of both academic and industrial representatives and addresses the state of the art and challenges of imaging techniques employed in high strain rate testing.
• The TD selected the Best Paper award from the 2011 conference papers based on the evaluations of session chairs. This award will be presented at the Award Luncheon meeting in Costa Mesa.
• The TD will provide a Best Paper award for the 2012 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 Session Chairs.
• Plans for Dynamic Behavior sessions at the 2013 annual conference will be discussed at the upcoming TD meeting in Costa Mesa.
• The TD has published a special issue of selected papers of Dynamic Behavior of Materials TD presented in the 2010 SEM conference for Experimental Mechanics Journal in Feb 2012 issue.
• TD will have an election for Secretary Position at the TD meeting to be held in Costa Mesa since the chair’s term expires in June 2012. Bo Song will become Chair and Daniel Casem will assume co-chair of the TD.

This technical division has no outstanding action items.