1. From the editor

   • Giuliano Augusti

   EditorialNotes Pages: v - v

2. Origin and development of the concept of wave

   • T. Manacorda

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 5

3. Recent developments in multibody system dynamics

   • W. Schiehlen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 10

4. Mechanical modelling of ductile fracture

   • Viggo Tvergaard

   OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 16

5. Paradigms and falsification in earthquake engineering

   • Giuseppe Grandori

   OriginalPaper Pages: 17 - 21

6. The influence of measurement errors on the determination of the degrees of freedom of dynamic systems

   • M. A. Boniforti
   • P. Mele

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 26

7. The displacement discontinuity method in the analysis of open cracks

   • Claudio Scavia

   OriginalPaper Pages: 27 - 32

8. Space temporal maps for vortical flow field construction

   • Gianni Pedrizzetti

   OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 36

9. Bilateral bounds for structures under dynamic shakedown conditions

   • Francesco Genna

   OriginalPaper Pages: 37 - 46

10. Book reviews

    • Augusto Ajovalasit
    • Carlo Cercignani
    • Giulio Maier

    BookReview Pages: 47 - 49

11. Calendar

    Events Pages: 51 - 56