Recent Advances in Mechanics of Functional Materials and Structures: Proceedings of the 8th Asian Conference on Mechanics of Functional Materials and [Paperback]

This book comprises the select peer-reviewed proceedings of the 8th Asian Conference on Mechanics of Functional Materials and Structures (ACMFMS 2022). It aims to provide a comprehensive and broad-spectrum picture of the state-of-the-art research and development in diverse areas, such as contact mechanics, biomechanics and biomaterials, fracture and damage mechanics, impact mechanics and dynamic materials, structural health monitoring, and mechanics of functional and smart structures, among others. This book is a valuable resource for researchers and professionals working in academia and industry in the areas of mechanical engineering.

Chapter 1. Fatigue crack growth in fiber-reinforced polymer composite laminate using higher-order XFEM.-  Chapter 2. An Eshelby-Mori-Tanaka Based Micromechanical Model For Piezoelectric Polymer Composites With Spatially And Randomly-Oriented Inclusions In Orthotropic Matrix.- Chapter 3. Phase-field modeling of crack propagation merging and nucleation.- Chapter 4. Comparison of damage prediction in a laminated composite plate using associative and non-assocoative damage flow rules.- Chapter 5. Investigation on In-situ Bone Temperature Induced During End-milling Process: A Study Intended for Bone Grafting.- Chapter 6. Comparative Analysis of Blast Loading Response of UHMWPE and Aramid Composites using Explicit Dynamics Approach.- Chapter 7. Low velocity impact response of glare laminates under multiple spherical impacts.- Chapter 8. Finite Element Analysis of Pelvic Stability to Predict Post Trapdoor Risk During Bone Grafting Procedure.- Chapter 9. Finite element analysis of functionally graded graphene induced piezoelectric composites for energy harvesting systems.- Chapter 10. Linear and Nonlinear bending analyses of quadrilateral panels using Cell Based Smooth Finite Element Method.- Chapter 11. Influence of piezoelectric fibre orientation on the snap-through of bistable variable stiffneslS-