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Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop on Jointed Structures
The Fourth International Workshop on Jointe d Structures was held from October 19-21, 2015, in Dartington, UK. Forty five researchers from both the United States and international locations convened to discuss the recent progress of mechanical joints related research and associated efforts in addition to developing a ne w roadmap for the evoluti on of joints research from academic to industrial appli cations over the next five to te n years. The workshop itself was organized around four themes: applications that ca n benefit from joints research (applicability), repeatability and variability issues in experi ments (repeatability), challenges in developing predictive models (predictability), and potential paths forward (way forward). The outcomes of the workshop are still in progress as the joints community develops a new roadmap for joints research; however, there are many aspects that are related here within. The ultimate goal of this research community is to deve lop a validated method for the de sign and analysis of dynamically loaded structures with frictional joints. Acknowledgement The authors thank all of the participants of the workshop for their contributions to the discussion and goals laid out herein. Additio nally, we would like to thank Sandia National Laboratories, the National Scie nce Foundation, and the Atomic Weapons Establishment for their support of this workshop.