PREFACE: Five articles on recent developments in solids and structures comprise Volume 33 of the Advances in Applied Mechanics. Each chapter is a mix of field survey and new work. The topics include structural reliability, failure modes of composites and thin films, the mechanics of micro-structural evolution, and strain gradient plasticity.
Contributing authors:
Vakov Ben-Haim,
N. A. Fleck,
Gustavo Gioia and Michael Ortiz
Z. Suo
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