Chap1. Test Protocol for Accelerated Creep and Transient Thermo-Mechanical Testing of Super Critical Steam Turbine Rotor -- Chap2. Design of Bolted Connection in Composite Beams for Moment Resistance -- Chap3. Measurement of 3D Deformation Field of ECM Generated by Mesenchymal Stem Cell Using DVC Method -- Chap4. Global Vibrational Modes in Proteins: Raman Spectroscopy and Numerical Modeling -- Chap5. Digital Image Correlation Study of the Deformation and Functioning of the Human Heart During Open Heart Surgery -- Chap6. Anisotropic Conductivity Tensor for Irreversible Electroporation Simulations -- Chap7. Two-Dimensional Culture Systems to Investigate Mechanical Interactions of the Cell -- Chap8. Continuous Composite Beams Stiffened with CFRP Sheet at the Hogging Moment Region -- Chap9. Evaluation of Finite Element Codes for the Simulation of Aluminum Extrusion Process -- Chap10. The Growth and Mechanical Property of Mesolayer in Abalone Nacre -- Chap11. Dynamic Analysis of a Critical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Components for Development of Future Structural Health Monitoring Techniques -- Chap12. Water Shock Experiments on Automotive Underbody Panels -- Chap13. Experimentally Validated Finite Element Simulation of Aluminum Extrusion of a Micro-Multiport Condenser.

Mechanics of Biological Systems, Materials and other topics in Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Volume 4 of the Proceedings of the 2017 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the fourth volume of nine from the Conference, brings together contributions to important areas of research and engineering.  The collection presents early findings and case studies on a wide range of topics, including:  Biological & Biomimetic Materials Cell Mechanics & Traumatic Brain Injury Mechanics of Collagen & Other Proteins Force Generation in Biological Machinery Education & Research in Progress Applications.