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Chapter 1. Fatigue crack growth in fiber-reinforced polymer composite laminate using higher-order XFEM.-&nbsp; 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 stiffness laminates.- Chapter 12. On the performance of silicon and polyurethane rubbers in structural vibration damping.- Chapter 13. A Study of Different In-plane Elastic Properties of Novel Filler-Based Sinusoidal Re-entrant Honeycomb.- Chapter 14. Spectral finite element analysis for laminated composite periodic frame structures.- Chapter 15. Dynamic characterization of an elastomer pad for vibration isolation. etc.<p></p>

<p>Poonam Kumari is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. She received her Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in 2012. She did her Post-doctoral Fellowship at Simon Fraser University, Canada. She works in continuum mechanics and smart material and structures. She has developed three-dimensional as well as two-dimensional solutions for composite and piezolaminated plates. Currently, she is working in the field of wearable devices and nanofiber reinforced PVDF flexible mats for energy harvesting. She has published 41 international journal publications and 45 international conference publications. She has received Young Engineer Award-2017 from Indian National Academy of Engineers. In year 2019, she also received SERB Women Excellence Award. She got DUO-India Professor Fellowship 2020 Award for conducting research at UK.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p> </p><p>Dr. Santosha Kumar Dwivedy completed his Ph.D.in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 2000, and he is working at Mechanical Engineering Department of IIT Guwahati since October 1999. He is working in the field of nonlinear vibration, robotics, and biomechanics. He guided 15 Ph.D. students, more than 60 M.Tech. students, and around 50 B.Tech. projects. He has published more than 200 papers in international journals, conferences, and book chapters. He has been the editor and guest editor for several international publications. He is also one of the editors of the Springer Books on “Advances in Structural Vibration” Springer Publication, “Advances in Rotor Dynamics, Control and Structural Health Monitoring” and “Mechanical Sciences: The Way Forward”.</p><p></p>

<p>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.</p><p></p>

Comprises select peer-reviewed proceedings of the conference ACMFMS 2022 Enriches understanding by including contributions from leading experts worldwide Focuses on contact mechanics, structural health monitoring, and mechanics of functional and smart structures