A wide-ranging and comprehensive set of bibliographies are maintained covering the dynamic mechanical properties of materials. These have been compiled using the bibliographic software package 'Endnote'. They complement the standard on-line data bases in that many papers are listed from before 1980 and from conferences not covered by the on-line data bases. English language translation journals of Russian literature are covered. Selected bibliographies can be purchased by contacting Dr Stephen Walley (email address may be found in the list of group members).
| Title | Approx. number of references | Brief description |
| Adiabatic shear | 2890 | All aspects of adiabatic shear banding (nucleation, growth, final form, theory) for all classes of materials. Probably most complete for metals and polymers. |
| Anisotropic plasticity | 28,450 | All aspects of plasticity of anisotropic materials |
| Ball impact | 730 | All aspects of ball impact on solids |
| Blast | 13,650 | All aspects of explosions in air and water including damage to structures. |
| Brazilian test |
170
|
Diametral compression |
| Bubbles | 4370 | Cavitation, sonoluminescence |
| Dynamic temperature measurement | 2090 | Measurement of temperature under dynamic loading conditions |
| Energetic liquids | 2500 | Mechanical, physical, deflagration and detonation properties of liquids used as explosives or propellants. Does not include chemical synthesis. |
| Energetic solids | 23,000 | Mechanical, physical, deflagration and detonation properties of solids used as explosives or propellants. Does not include chemical synthesis. |
| Equation of state |
5400
|
All aspects of equations of state, particularly of condensed matter |
| Erosion | 5870 | Erosive damage to surfaces by the impact of solid and liquid particles. |
| Fracture | 23,300 | Fragmentation of shells and other structures by explosion. Also exploding wires. Some general papers on fracture. |
| Granular matter |
12,000
|
All aspects of granular matter |
| High strain rate properties of ceramics | 12,600 | Mechanical properties of brittle materials (man-made ceramics and rocks) when subjected to blast, ballistic impact, shock, drop-weight and Hopkinson bar testing. |
| High strain rate properties of composites | 10,500 | Mechanical properties of composite materials (polymer, metal and ceramic matrices) when subjected to blast, ballistic impact, shock, drop-weight and Hopkinson bar testing. Probably most complete for polymer and metal matrices. |
| High strain rate properties of concrete | 3900 | Mechanical properties of concrete and cement when subjected to blast, ballistic impact, shock, drop-weight and Hopkinson bar testing. |
| High strain rate properties of metals | 9100 | Mechanical properties of metals determined by drop-weight and Hopkinson bar testing. Some papers on constitutive modelling. |
| High strain rate properties of polymers | 5200 | Mechanical properties of polymers determined by drop-weight, shock-loading (plate-impact and laser), and Hopkinson bar testing. |
| Ice and snow | 5800 | Mechanical and frictional properties of ice and snow (includes fracture, shock, blast, compression testing) |
| Indentation |
3150
|
Indentation studies of all classes of materials |
| Laser shocking of matter | 2950 | Laser shocking of materials (does not include laser annealing or ablation) |
| Lubrication & upsetting | 1850 | Quasi-static and dynamic upsetting of solid cylinders. Mostly metals, but some polymers, ceramics and concrete. Ring test to determine friction. |
| Machining | 6930 | Materials issues to do with machining any type of material. |
| Metal foams |
915
|
All aspects of metal foams |
| Metal Matrix Composites (fibre reinforced) | 1580 | Mechanical properties of fibre reinforced MMCs. |
| Molecular properties of polymers | 39,000 | Classic papers on the theory of polymer molecules. Thermal conductivity, specific heats, glass transition and other mechanical transitions. Relation between molecular and gross mechanical properties. |
| Optical methods | 3600 | Key papers on moiré and speckle methods of strain analysis, high speed photography |
| Polymer aging | 7350 | Papers on anything to do with aging, weathering or degradation of polymers |
| Polymer crystallinity | 8760 | Anything to do with the crystallization of polymers |
| Polymer diffusion | 5230 | Anything to do with diffusion in polymers |
| Polymer fracture | 4700 | Anything to do with fracture of polymers |
| Polymer plasticity | 18,430 | Anything to do with anelastic deformation of polymers. |
| Saint-Venant principle | 420 | Key papers and review papers on the Saint-Venant principle (of especial interest when the specimen is smaller than the Hopkinson bar, for example). |
| Shockloading | 18,300 | Shock loading of all materials (metals, polymers, composites, ceramics, concrete, energetic materials) by plate impact, laser or explosive shocking. |
| Solder |
4270
|
Mechanical properties of solder |
| Sliding friction | 21,900 | Sliding friction on metals, polymers, ceramics, geological materials. Surface roughness. |
| Stress & strain gauges | 2050 | All aspects of stress and strain gauges. |
| Taylor impact | 580 | Deformation of long and short rods fired against massive unyielding targets. Modelling and constitutive relations. |
| Terminal ballistics | 9280 | All aspects of high velocity impact of solid bodies against solid targets. Includes military and space applications. |
| Upsetting |
1900
|
Dynamic compression of cylinders and rings |
| Waves in rods | 3300 | All aspects of elastic waves travelling down rods (mostly circular but some of other shapes. Effect of temperature gradients. Metal, polymer and ceramic rods. |