Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Volume 1 of the Proceedings of the 2018 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the first volume of eight 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 Imaging



Quantitative Visualization of Dynamic Events



Novel Experimental Techniques



Dynamic Behavior of Geomaterials



Dynamic Failure & Fragmentation



Dynamic Response of Low Impedance Materials



Hybrid Experimental/Computational Studies



Shock and Blast Loading



Advances in Material Modeling



Industrial Applications