The Biological Systems and Materials Division has been focusing on embracing and serving the duality of its membership, which consists of many established members of the society and the field of theoretical and applied mechanics who are developing research programs focusing on biological systems and materials, and simultaneously numerous researchers from the biological sciences who [...]
You may view an animation in real time of a crack growing in a Nitinol fatigue specimen observed using moire interferometry while the test was being conducted in our Bose Electroforce test machine that shows a moving transformation zone and perceptible fringes captured at 30 frames per second.
Radial force behavior is one of many engineering design criteria important to the design of implantable medical devices such as stents. Interpretation and extrapolation of bench-top data to predict in-vivo performance necessitates a thorough understanding of influence parameters such as boundary conditions and material uncertainty. An integrated modeling and test validation approach is needed to [...]
Phase shifted moire interferometry of crack and transformation zone in Nitinol fatigue specimen.
You can download our presentation of Nitinol fatigue and fracture initiation using phase shifted moire interferometry.
You can download the brochure for this special symposium that brings together state-of-the-art developments in clinical imaging techniques, computer modeling, medical device testing and materials characterization with a focus on medical implants, their design and the Experimental Mechanics underlying device interaction with the human body.
My first recollection of the term “ecopreneur” was when Gifford and I were talking on the phone while I was visiting David Oakey at Interface Carpets. We had been brainstorming various ways to develop the ideas of biomimicry and intrapreneuring. We discussed writing a book and establishing a consulting practice but neither of these ideas [...]
In June of 2000 the first Symposium on Biologically Inspired Materials was held at the Society for Experimental Mechanics Annual Spring meeting. You can download the agenda which included presentations by Mehmet Sarikaya,Randal Shogren, K.T. Ramesh, Angela M. Belcher, Frank van Swol, T.J.Deming, Peter Ifju, T. Wyrobek and Marc Alper.
You can also download a panel [...]