JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF MATERIALS

 

VOLUME 14, NOS. 4-5, 2003

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Element-Free Galerkin Implementation of Gradient Plasticity. Part I: Formulation and Application to 1D Strain Localization

I. Tsagrakis and E.C. Aifantis ............ 199

 

Element-Free Galerkin Implementation of Gradient Plasticity. Part II: Application to 2D Strain Localization and Size Effects

I. Tsagrakis and E.C. Aifantis ............ 233

 

Avalanches and Slip Patterning in Plastic Deformation

M. Zaiser and E.C. Aifantis ..............255

 

On Experimental Determination of Gradient Coefficient

B.R. Murphy, I.E. Eleftheriadis, J. Ning, W. Milligan, and E.C. Aifantis ............ 271

 

Post-Buckling Problems for Thin Elastic Films

K.A. Lazopoulos ............ 279

 

A Study of Dynamic Mechanical Behavior of Za-27 Metal Matrix Composites

G. Ranganath, S.C. Sharma, and M. Krishna .............. 293

 

Influence of Heat Treatment on Microstructural and Tensile Properties of Aluminium E-Glass Short Fiber Composites

S.C. Sharma, S. Paul Vizhian, A. Shashishankar, and M. Krishna ................. 305

 

Stochastization of a Crack Trajectory in Composite Materials

Ihar A. Miklashevich and Anatoly V. Chigarev ............ 319

 

Erratum ............. 337

 

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