1. Consideration of processes on the microscale of metallic materials for the development of constitutive models

   • E. A. Steck
   • R. Gerdes

   Invited Review Article Pages: 1 - 30

2. Singular stress and electric fields of a piezoelectric ceramic strip with a finite crack under longitudinal shear

   • Y. Shindo
   • K. Tanaka
   • F. Narita

   Original Papers Pages: 31 - 45

3. Modelling and simulation of the macromechanical nonlinear behaviour of fibre-reinforced ceramics on the basis of a micromechanical-statistical material description

   • H. Ismar
   • U. Reinert

   Original Papers Pages: 47 - 60

4. Determination of the optimal initial temperature distribution in a porous bed

   • A. V. Kuznetsov

   Original Papers Pages: 61 - 69

5. Assessment of cyclic properties of 18G2A low-alloy steel at biaxial stress state

   • Z. L. Kowalewski

   Original Papers Pages: 71 - 89

6. Uni-axial strain loading of a rubber rod by planar shock waves

   • O. Igra
   • L. Wang
   • W. Heilig

   Original Papers Pages: 91 - 107

7. Application of fractional derivatives to the analysis of damped vibrations of viscoelastic single mass systems

   • Y. A. Rossikhin
   • M. V. Shitikova

   Original Papers Pages: 109 - 125

8. Stress intensity factors for an embedded elliptical crack in a plate of finite thickness

   • D. S. Lee

   Original Papers Pages: 127 - 140

9. Analytical and empirical solutions of the oblique and normal shock waves with application to real ammonia

   • X. K. Kakatsios
   • G. E. Houzouris

   Original Papers Pages: 141 - 156

10. Uniaxial ratchetting in linear viscoelasticity

    • M. Korzeń
    • Ch. Tsakmakis

    Original Papers Pages: 157 - 172

11. Uniaxial ratchetting in rate-independent plasticity laws

    • M. Kamlah
    • M. Korzeń
    • Ch. Tsakmakis

    Original Papers Pages: 173 - 198

12. Boundary layer similarity flow driven by power-law shear

    • P. D. Weidman
    • D. G. Kubitschek
    • S. N. Brown

    Original Papers Pages: 199 - 215

13. The measurement of bulk viscosity and the elastic-viscous analogy

    • S. D. R. Wilson

    Note Pages: 217 - 225

14. Diagnostic equations for two-dimensional vortical flows

    • V. Kolář

    Note Pages: 227 - 231

15. Transient mixed convection of a backward-facing step with a periodically heated wall

    • C. I. Hung
    • K. H. Kuei

    Note Pages: 233 - 241

16. Announcement

    Announcement Pages: 243 - 243