Particle and Continuum Aspects of Mesomechanics: Mesomechanics 2007

This title brings together a variety of papers presented at the 9th annual Meso meeting in 2007. The topics selected for Meso 2007 are designed to illustrate the relation of thresholds to multiscaling:

• Flow through capillary tubes in contrast to pipes

• Laminar and turbulent flow transition

• Heat convection of thin wires in contrast to cylinders

• Electrical conductance of macro- and nano-circuits

• Rubbery and glassy polymers

• Single- and poly-crystal behavior

• Strength of wires and round cylindrical bars

• Uni-axial and multi-axial material: linear and non-linear response

• Thin and thick plate behavior

• Brittle and ductile fracture

• Small and large crack growth behavior

• Low and high temperature effects

• Local and global material property characteristics

• Small and large bodies: size and time effects

• Specimen and structure