1. Editorial

   • Reinhold Kienzler
   • Frank Jablonski

   Editorial 01 February 2016 Pages: 1 - 1

2. Theoretical framework of modeling of ionic EAPs within the Theory of Porous Media

   • J. Bluhm
   • S. Serdas
   • J. Schröder

   Special 06 January 2016 Pages: 3 - 19

3. Micromorphic crystal plasticity versus discrete dislocation dynamics analysis of multilayer pile-up hardening in a narrow channel

   • Hyung-Jun Chang
   • Nicolas M. Cordero
   • Samuel Forest

   Special 02 January 2016 Pages: 21 - 38

   

4. Local and nonlocal material models, spatial randomness, and impact loading

   • P. N. Demmie
   • M. Ostoja-Starzewski

   Special 31 December 2015 Pages: 39 - 58

   

5. Reduced thin-layer elements for modeling the nonlinear transfer behavior of bolted joints of automotive engine structures

   • Christian Ehrlich
   • André Schmidt
   • Lothar Gaul

   Special 11 January 2016 Pages: 59 - 64

   

6. Seismic wave fields in continuously inhomogeneous media with variable wave velocity profiles

   • Ioanna-Kleoniki M. Fontara
   • Petia S. Dineva
   • Frank Wuttke

   Special 28 December 2015 Pages: 65 - 88

   

7. Application of stochastic finite element approaches to wood-based products

   • Josef Füssl
   • Georg Kandler
   • Josef Eberhardsteiner

   Special 12 January 2016 Pages: 89 - 110

   

8. Plane stress state of FGM thick plate under thermal loading

   • A. Ganczarski
   • D. Szubartowski

   Special Open access 23 December 2015 Pages: 111 - 120

   

9. Permanent deformation during the oblique impact with friction

   • Hamid Ghaednia
   • Dan B. Marghitu

   Special 29 December 2015 Pages: 121 - 134

   

10. Augmented beam elements using unit deflection shapes of the cross section

    • Axel Greim
    • Johannes Kreutz
    • Gerhard Müller

    Special 09 January 2016 Pages: 135 - 146

    

11. A finite strain constitutive model for non-quadratic yield criteria and nonlinear kinematic/isotropic hardening: application to sheet metal forming

    • Tiago J. Grilo
    • Ivaylo N. Vladimirov
    • Stefanie Reese

    Special 05 February 2016 Pages: 147 - 163

    

12. Beam model for the elastic properties of material with spherical voids

    • Sascha Heitkam
    • Wiebke Drenckhan
    • Jochen Fröhlich

    Special 07 January 2016 Pages: 165 - 176

    

13. Analysis of multiple cracking in metal/ceramic composites with lamellar microstructure

    • M. Kashtalyan
    • Y. Sinchuk
    • I. Guz

    Special 29 December 2015 Pages: 177 - 188

    

14. Length scale and manufacturability in density-based topology optimization

    • Boyan S. Lazarov
    • Fengwen Wang
    • Ole Sigmund

    Special 18 January 2016 Pages: 189 - 218

    

15. Micromechanics methods for evaluating the effective moduli of soft neo-Hookean composites

    • Shao-Zhen Lin
    • Li-Yuan Zhang
    • Xi-Qiao Feng

    Special 11 January 2016 Pages: 219 - 234

    

16. Stress and strain fields in rotating elastic/plastic annular discs

    • Evgenii Lomakin
    • Sergei Alexandrov
    • Yeau-Ren Jeng

    Special 28 December 2015 Pages: 235 - 244

    

17. A note on the thermo-mechanics of elastic quasi-crystals

    • Gérard A. Maugin

    Special 29 December 2015 Pages: 245 - 251

18. Control of transient growth in plane Poiseuille flow

    • Yaakov Nissim
    • Lev Magazinnik
    • Michael Mond

    Special 02 January 2016 Pages: 253 - 267

    

19. Microstructure and rheology of magnetic hybrid materials

    • Stefan Odenbach

    Special 05 January 2016 Pages: 269 - 279

    

20. Impacts with friction: structures, energy, measurements

    • Friedrich Pfeiffer

    Special 09 January 2016 Pages: 281 - 301

    

21. Two-scale elastic parameter identification from noisy macroscopic data

    • U. Schmidt
    • P. Steinmann
    • J. Mergheim

    Special 12 January 2016 Pages: 303 - 320

    

22. An investigation of intersonic fracture using a phase field model

    • Alexander Schlüter
    • Charlotte Kuhn
    • Dietmar Gross

    Special 06 January 2016 Pages: 321 - 333

    

23. Fracture mechanical analysis of open cell ceramic foams under multi-axial mechanical loading

    • Christoph Settgast
    • Martin Abendroth
    • Meinhard Kuna

    Special 12 January 2016 Pages: 335 - 349

    

24. Elastomer composites based on filler with negative thermal expansion coefficient in sealing application

    • Sergey N. Shubin
    • Alexander B. Freidin
    • Anton G. Akulichev

    Special 09 February 2016 Pages: 351 - 360

    

25. A bridging law and its application to the analysis of toughness of carbon nanotube-reinforced composites and pull-out of fibres grafted with nanotubes

    • Jianxiang Wang
    • Liyong Tong
    • Bhushan L. Karihaloo

    Special 31 December 2015 Pages: 361 - 373

    

26. A review of Finite Fracture Mechanics: crack initiation at singular and non-singular stress raisers

    • Philipp Weißgraeber
    • Dominique Leguillon
    • Wilfried Becker

    Special 28 December 2015 Pages: 375 - 401