Trends in Applications of Mathematics to Mechanics

ELASTICITY-PLASTICITY Asymptotic Behavior of the Eigenvalues of a Plate Problem, A. Campbell and S. Nazarov On the Torsion of Soft Cylindrical Shells, A. DiCarlo and P. Nardinocchi On the Uniqueness of the Null-Traction Boundary Value Problem in Nonlinear Elastoplastics, R Knops Free Boundary Problems arising from Spectral and Path-Following Analysis in the Mechanics of Elastic-Plastic Solids, A. Leger and A. El Loulani GRANULAR, POROUS, AND HOMOGENIZED MEDIA On a Stationary Axisymmetic Filtration Problem Under Large Deformations of the Skeleton, B. Albers and K. Wilmanski Macroscopic Modeling of Cosserat Media, G. de Felice and N. Rizzi On the Stucture and Shape of Sandpiles, H.J. Herrmann CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS AND FUNDAMENTAL MECHANICS G-Defining Equations: Applications to Nonlinear Differential Equations, O. Kaptsov Liu Technique for Exploiting the Dissipation Inequatlity in Case of Constratined State Space Variables, W. Muschik, H. Herrmann, G. Rueckner, and C. Papenfuss On the Internal Constraints and the Derivation of a Linear Plate Theory, P. Podio-Guidugli Hamiltonian Versus Lagrangian Forms, C. Trimarco THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETIC THEORY Convergence towards the Thermodynamical Equilibrium, L. Desvillettes Hyperbolic Heat Conduction, W. Dreyer and M. Kunik Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics and the Dynamics of Particles, J. Verhas Towards Extended Thermodynamics of Porous and Granular Materials, K. Wilmanski PHASE TRANSITION Global Existence and Continuous Dependence of Phase Transitions in Hyperbolic Conservation Laws, R. Colombo and A. Corli Approximation of Quasistatic Processes with Friction by Incremental Problems in the Theory of Phase Transitions, F. Theil WATER WAVES Models for Long-Wave Instability Due to a Resonance between Two Waves, R. Grimshaw Hamiltonian Spatial Dynamics Methods for Two- and Three-Dimensional Steady Waves, M. Groves On the Symmetry Th