1. An instability mechanism for the sliding motion of finite depth of bulk granular materials

   • D. Zhang
   • M. A. Foda

   Original Papers Pages: 1 - 19

2. On the “inertial” time in instability of materials with non-monotone yield stress

   • N. Charalambakis
   • I. Doudoumis
   • A. Rigatos

   Original Papers Pages: 21 - 34

3. Developing combined convection of non-Newtonian fluids in an eccentric annulus

   • D. B. Ingham
   • N. Patel

   Original Papers Pages: 35 - 49

4. Dynamic crack growth along an elastoplastic bimaterial interface

   • H. Yuan

   Original Papers Pages: 51 - 77

5. Electroelastic fields and effective moduli of a medium containing cavities or rigid inclusions of arbitrary shape under anti-plane mechanical and in-plane electric fields

   • T. Chen
   • S. C. Chiang

   Original Papers Pages: 79 - 96

6. Acoustic resonance of radially symmetric waves in a thermoviscous gas

   • W. Ellermeier

   Original Papers Pages: 97 - 113

7. Effect of large blowing rates on the compressible boundary layer flow at the stagnation point of a rotating sphere

   • M. Kumari
   • G. Nath

   Original Papers Pages: 115 - 129

8. The flat inclusion problem in bonded dissimilar anisotropic elastic media under longitudinal shear loading

   • T. Kondo
   • M. Kobayashi
   • H. Sekine

   Original Papers Pages: 131 - 142

9. Oscillatory instabilities of the liquid and mushy layers during solidification of alloys under rotational constraint

   • T. L. Sayre
   • D. N. Riahi

   Original Papers Pages: 143 - 152

10. Dynamic stress intensity factors around two rectangular cracks in a half space under impact load

    • S. Itou

    Original Papers Pages: 153 - 164

11. Strain gradients and continuum modeling of size effect in metal matrix composites

    • H. T. Zhu
    • H. M. Zbib
    • E. C. Aifantis

    Original Papers Pages: 165 - 176

12. Estimations for the overall properties of some locally-ordered composites

    • D. C. Pham

    Original Papers Pages: 177 - 190

13. Nodal sensitivities as error estimates in computational mechanics

    • G. H. Paulino
    • F. Shi
    • P. Ramesh

    Original Papers Pages: 191 - 213

14. A unifying treatise of variational principles for two types of micropolar continua

    • P. Steinmann
    • E. Stein

    Original Papers Pages: 215 - 232

15. Comments and author's reply on “Effect of transverse shear deformation on free vibration of orthotropic conical shells” by L. Tong [Acta Mechanica 107, 65–75 (1994)]

    • M. Baruch
    • L. Tong

    Comment Pages: 233 - 234

16. Announcements

    Announcement Pages: 235 - 236

17. MHD flow over a moving flat plate with a step change in the magnetic field

    • T. Y. Na
    • I. Pop

    Erratum Pages: 237 - 237