1. Serafim Nikolaevich Zhurkov (May 29, 1905–September 18, 1997)

   OriginalPaper Pages: 797 - 800

2. Atomic-level fluctuation mechanism of the fracture of solids (computer simulation studies)

   • A. I. Slutsker

   OriginalPaper Pages: 801 - 811

3. Diagnostics and forecasting of breakage of large-scale objects

   • V. S. Kuksenko

   OriginalPaper Pages: 812 - 816

4. Structural mechanisms of fracture of nanocrystalline materials

   • V. A. Pozdnyakov
   • A. M. Glezer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 817 - 824

5. Evolution of microscopic cracks and pores in solids under loading

   • V. I. Betekhtin
   • A. G. Kadomtsev

   OriginalPaper Pages: 825 - 831

6. Kinetic theory of strength and a self-organized critical state in the process of fracture of materials

   • V. L. Hilarov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 832 - 835

7. Loading velocity and brittleness of solids

   • A. A. Kozhushko
   • A. B. Sinani

   OriginalPaper Pages: 836 - 839

8. High strength and superplasticity of nanocrystalline materials

   • B. I. Smirnov
   • V. V. Shpeizman
   • V. I. Nikolaev

   OriginalPaper Pages: 840 - 844

9. Grain size refinement due to relaxation of disclination junction configurations in the course of plastic deformation of polycrystals

   • T. S. Orlova
   • A. A. Nazarov
   • A. E. Romanov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 845 - 851

10. Fracture of solids in aggressive gases

    • Yu. M. Dal’

    OriginalPaper Pages: 852 - 855

11. The kinetics and energy balance of mechanochemical transformations

    • P. Yu. Butyagin
    • A. N. Streletskii

    OriginalPaper Pages: 856 - 862

12. Dynamic diffusion of helium into various types of solids during their deformation and dispersion

    • O. V. Klyavin
    • B. A. Mamyrin
    • Yu. M. Chernov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 863 - 868

13. Kinetics of failure of polycrystalline ferroelectric ceramics in mechanical and electric fields

    • V. V. Shpeizman
    • L. V. Zhoga

    OriginalPaper Pages: 869 - 875

14. Atomic structure and strength of inorganic glasses

    • V. P. Pukh
    • L. G. Baikova
    • A. B. Sinani

    OriginalPaper Pages: 876 - 881

15. Electromagnetic phenomena entailed by deformation and fracture of dielectric solids

    • Kh. F. Makhmudov
    • V. S. Kuksenko

    OriginalPaper Pages: 882 - 885

16. Internal friction and Young’s modulus of a carbon matrix for biomorphic silicon carbide ceramics

    • B. K. Kardashev
    • Yu. A. Burenkov
    • F. M. Varela-Feria

    OriginalPaper Pages: 886 - 890

17. Cleavage of C₆₀ fullerite crystals

    • S. V. Lubenets
    • L. S. Fomenko
    • N. S. Sidorov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 891 - 895

18. Structure factors that influence the stability of plastic strain of bcc metals under tensile load

    • G. A. Malygin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 896 - 902

19. Structural transformations on a platinum surface under mechanical tension

    • S. A. Knyazev
    • V. E. Korsukov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 903 - 906

20. Initial stage of void and crack healing in polycrystalline metals under uniform compression

    • A. I. Petrov
    • M. V. Razuvaeva

    OriginalPaper Pages: 907 - 912

21. Structure and mechanical properties of Al-Si(Ge) alloys upon melt centrifugation and quenching

    • M. P. Volkov
    • V. N. Gurin
    • W. R. Wilcox

    OriginalPaper Pages: 913 - 919

22. Thermal and fluctuation-induced deformations of chemical bonds in surface and boundary layers of polymers

    • V. I. Vettegren
    • I. I. Novak
    • V. B. Kulik

    OriginalPaper Pages: 920 - 926

23. Middle macroradicals and their influence on the strength of oriented polymers

    • É. E. Tomashevskii
    • N. G. Kvachadze

    OriginalPaper Pages: 927 - 933

24. The role of chain length and conformation in stress-transmission and fracture of thermoplastic polymers

    • Hans-Henning Kausch
    • Blecken von Schmeling

    OriginalPaper Pages: 934 - 941

25. Molecular dynamics and strengthening of liquid-crystal polymers

    • E. A. Egorov
    • V. V. Zhizhenkov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 942 - 948

26. Structural heterogeneity and jumplike deformation of polymers on the mesoscopic level

    • N. N. Peschanskaya
    • P. N. Yakushev
    • T. Krizan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 949 - 953

27. Experimental studies of the mechanical and thermal stability of a polymer-substrate interface

    • O. F. Pozdnyakov
    • A. O. Pozdnyakov
    • V. R. Regel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 954 - 960

28. Electrical breakdown of thin polymer films

    • V. A. Zakrevskii
    • N. T. Sudar’

    OriginalPaper Pages: 961 - 967

29. Influence of the supramolecular structure on the activation energy of steady-state creep in an oriented ultra-high-molecular weight poly(ethylene)

    • V. I. Vettegren
    • E. M. Ivan’kova
    • P. N. Yakushev

    OriginalPaper Pages: 968 - 974

30. Viscoelasticity of a polymer matrix and fracture of heat-resistant fiber composites

    • V. E. Yudin
    • A. M. Leksowskij

    OriginalPaper Pages: 975 - 983

31. Kinetic concept of strength in calculations of elastomeric parts

    • S. O. Lazarev
    • Yu. K. Mikhailov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 984 - 988

32. Statistical kinetics of rock fracture and forecasting of seismic phenomena

    • N. G. Tomilin
    • E. E. Damaskinskaya
    • P. I. Pavlov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 989 - 993