Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the 26th Symposium on Experimental Mechanics of Solids, October 22-25, 2014, Jachranka, Poland. The 40 papers are grouped as follows: Chapter 1: Experimental and Numerical Methods and Equipments for Practical Investigation and Engineering Designing; Chapter 2: Investigation Processes of Fatigue and Fracture; Chapter 3: Investigations Mechanical Properties of Advanced Materials; Chapter 4: Experimental Methods for Investigations of Devices, Machines and StructuresKeywords: Experimental Mechanics, Experimental Methods, Stress Analysis, Solid Mechanics, Opticalmethods, BiomechanicsEditors Pyrzanowsk and Gadomski present students, academics, researchers, and professionals working in a wide variety of contexts with a collection of peer-reviewed academic papers selected from materials presented at the twenty-sixth Symposium on Experimental Mechanics of Solids, held in October of 2014 in Jachranka, Poland. The editors have organized the contributions that make up the main body of the text in four chapters devoted to experimental and numerical methods and equipments for practical investigation and engineering designing, investigation processes of fatigue and fracture, investigations of the mechanical properties of advanced materials, and experimental methods for investigations of devices, machines, and structures.- Materials science- Mechanical engineering- Solid state materials and hard matter

Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the 26th Symposium on Experimental Mechanics of Solids, October 22-25, 2014, Jachranka, Poland. The 40 papers are grouped as follows: Chapter 1: Experimental and Numerical Methods and Equipments for Practical Investigation and Engineering Designing; Chapter 2: Investigation Processes of Fatigue and Fracture; Chapter 3: Investigations Mechanical Properties of Advanced Materials; Chapter 4: Experimental Methods for Investigations of Devices, Machines and StructuresKeywords: Experimental Mechanics, Experimental Methods, Stress Analysis, Solid Mechanics, Opticalmethods, BiomechanicsEditors Pyrzanowsk and Gadomski present students, academics, researchers, and professionals working in a wide variety of contexts with a collection of peer-reviewed academic papers selected from materials presented at the twenty-sixth Symposium on Experimental Mechanics of Solids, held in October of 2014 in Jachranka, Poland. The editors have organized the contributions that make up the main body of the text in four chapters devoted to experimental and numerical methods and equipments for practical investigation and engineering designing, investigation processes of fatigue and fracture, investigations of the mechanical properties of advanced materials, and experimental methods for investigations of devices, machines, and structures.- Materials science- Mechanical engineering- Solid state materials and hard matter