1.Thermal Degradation of Extension Springs -- 2.Effect of Applied Temperature and Strain Rate on Laser Welded Stainless Steel Structures -- 3.Process Modeling for Forging, Machining, and Welding Processes -- 4.Time-dependent Viscoplastic Model for Dislocation Generation During the Cooling Process in the Silicon Ingot -- 5.Interaction of Shock Wave With Granular Materials -- 6.Characterisation of Viscoelastic Material Properties During Curing Processes -- 7.Structure-property Relationships in Bimodal Polyethylene From Indentation Measurements -- 8.Prediction Validation of Thermal Aging Performance of Military Composite Bridges -- 9.Modeling Creep and Relaxation Caused by Phase Dissolution -- 10.Effects of Net and Solid Skins on Self-Supporting Lattice Structures -- 11.Hybrid Joining Through Additive Manufacturing.-.12.Time Dependent Response of Inconel 718.

Challenges in Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials, Volume 2 of the Proceedings of the 2015SEM Annual Conference& Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the second volume of nine 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 in the following general technical research areas: Time-dependence in Metallic Materials Rate and Time Effects Additive Manufacturing General Materials Response.