1. Elastic waves in bodies with initial stresses

   • S. Yu. Babich
   • A. N. Guz'
   • A. P. Zhuk

   OriginalPaper Pages: 277 - 291

2. Model of an anisotropic medium reinforced by thin tapes

   • V. N. Dolgikh
   • L. A. Fil'shtinskii

   OriginalPaper Pages: 292 - 296

3. Stress state of two-layer cylindrical shells

   • N. D. Pankratova

   OriginalPaper Pages: 297 - 301

4. Physical interpretation of the experimental coefficients used in calculating the stability of a slamming safety membrane

   • N. N. Malakhov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 302 - 305

5. Optimal control of plate heating under constraints on the temperature field gradient

   • V. M. Vigak
   • A. V. Kostenko

   OriginalPaper Pages: 306 - 311

6. Rigidity and strength characteristics of a four-contact nonstandard ball bearing

   • N. A. Lebedev

   OriginalPaper Pages: 311 - 315

7. Design of machines and mechanisms using the dialogue system of optimization

   • E. A. Nurminskii
   • A. A. Zhelikhovskii
   • V. K. Kulik

   OriginalPaper Pages: 315 - 318

8. Strength calculations for parts with an unsafe volume in a probability formulation

   • L. A. Sosnovskii

   OriginalPaper Pages: 319 - 324

9. Stability of a rod in an axial flow of viscous liquid

   • Yu. V. Grigor'ev
   • A. M. Gus'kov
   • V. A. Svetlitskii

   OriginalPaper Pages: 324 - 329

10. Dynamics of a two-span beam with a curved initial contour of the path

    • A. S. Dmitriev

    OriginalPaper Pages: 330 - 335

11. Influence of the sign of rib eccentricity on the optimal natural-frequency vibrations of a cylindrical shell design

    • V. A. Zarutskii
    • Yu. M. Pochtman

    Brief Communications Pages: 336 - 337

12. Numerical solution of certain two-dimensional problems in the theory of elasticity

    • P. I. Perlin
    • Yu. N. Shalyukhin

    Brief Communications Pages: 338 - 341

13. Refined theory of bending of thin plates by concentrated forces

    • S. G. Mazur

    Brief Communications Pages: 341 - 343

14. Approximate method for determining the contact stresses under a ringshaped punch

    • F. N. Borodacheva

    Brief Communications Pages: 344 - 347

15. Cavitation flow around a slender permeable profile

    • I. I. Efremov

    Brief Communications Pages: 347 - 350

16. Characteristics of a Laval nozzle with gasdynamic regulation

    • I. S. Varganov

    Brief Communications Pages: 351 - 353

17. Book reviews

    • Kh. A. Rakhmatulin
    • P. F. Sabodash
    • Yu. K. Éngel'brekht

    BookReview Pages: 354 - 357

18. Konstantin Konstantinovich Siminskii

    Anniversaries Pages: 358 - 358

19. Nikolai Nikolaevich Davidenkov

    Anniversaries Pages: 359 - 359

20. Scientific Conference on Problems of Nonlinear Vibrations of Mechanical Systems (Kiev, October 18–20, 1978)

    • V. S. Pavlovskii
    • A. P. Yakovlev

    Chronicles Pages: 360 - 362