Recent Advances in Mechanics

I. Mathematical Methods in Applied Mechanics

1. Application of Reciprocity Relations to Laser-Based Ultrasonics
Jan D. Achenbach

2. An Asymptotic Method of Boundary-Value Problems Solution of Elasticity Theory for Thin Bodies
Lenser A. Aghalovyan

3. Reliable Optimal Design in Contact Mechanics
Nickolay V. Banichuk, Svetlana Yu. Ivanova, Evgeniy V. Makeev

4. Scaling of Strength and Lifetime Distributions of Quasibrittle Structures
Zdeněk P. Bažant, Jia-Liang Le

5. Directional Distortional Hardening in Plasticity within Thermodynamics
Yannis F. Dafalias, Heidi P. Feigenbaum

6. Forced Vibrations of the System: Structure – Viscoelastic Layer
Boris V. Gusev, Alexander S. Faivusovich

7. Extreme Instability Phenomena in Autonomous Weakly Damped Systems: Hopf Bifurcations, Double Pure Imaginary Eigenvalues, Load Discontinuity
Anthony N. Kounadis

8. Variational Approach to Static and Dynamic Elasticity Problems
Georgy V. Kostin, Vasily V. Saurin

9. An Accelerated Newmark Scheme for Integrating the Equation of Motion of Nonlinear Systems Comprising Restoring Elements Governed by Fractional Derivatives
Georgios I. Evangelatos, Pol D. Spanos

II. Experimental Mechanics

10. Photoelastic Tomography as Hybrid Mechanics
H. Aben, L. Ainola, A. Errapart

11. Using an Electronic Speckle Interferometry for Measurement of a Stress-Deformation State of Elastic Bodies and Structures
Robert V. Goldstein, Viktor M. Kozintsev, Aleksandr L. Popov

12. Structural Integrity and Residual Strength of Composites Exposed to Fire
George A. Kardomateas

13. Theory and Application of Sampling Moiré Method
Yoshiharu Morimoto, Motoharu Fujigaki

14. Recent Advances in Microelectromechanical Systems and Their Applications for Future Challenges
Ryszard J. Pryputniewicz

15. Experimental Mechanics in Nano-engineering
Cesar A. Sciammarella, Federico M. Sciammarella, Luciano Lamberti

16. Advanced Cement Based Nanocomposites
S. P. Shah, M. S. Konsta-Gdoutos, Z. S. Metaxa

17. Application of Digital Speckle Pattern Interferometry (DSPI) in Determination of Elastic Modulus Using Plate Vibration
Chandra Shakher, Rajesh Kumar

18. The Development and Applications of Amplitude Fluctuation Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry Method
Wei-Chung Wang, Chi-Hung Hwang

III. Fracture Mechanics

19. Piezonuclear Transmutations in Brittle Rocks under Mechanical Loading: Microchemical Analysis and Geological Confirmations
A. Carpinteri, G. Lacidogna, A. Manuello, O. Borla

20. Stress Triaxiality at Crack Tips Studied by Caustics
Emmanuel E. Gdoutos

21. Reinforcement of a Cracked Infinite Elastic Plate with Defects
S. M. Mkhitaryan, D. I. Bardzokas

22. Some Actual Problems of Fracture Mechanics of Materials and Structures
Volodymyr Panasyuk, Ihor Dmytrakh

23. Cyclic Plasticity with an Application to Extremly Low Cycle Fatigue of Structural Steel
Dragoslav Šumarac, Zoran Petrašković

24. The Fracture Toughness of a Highly Filled Polymer Composite
O. A. Stapountzi, M. N. Charalambides, J. G. Williams

Keywords: Engineering, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics