Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Volume 1 of the Proceedings of the 2016 SEM Annual Conference& Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the first volume of ten 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: 











Quantitative Visualization

Fracture & Fragmentation

Dynamic Behavior of Low Impedance Materials

Shock & Blast

Dynamic Behavior of Composites

Novel Testing Techniques

Hybrid Experimental & Computational Methods

Dynamic Behavior of Geo-materials

General Material Behavior