1. Modes of dynamic shear failure in solids

   • Joerg F. Kalthoff

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 31

2. Foreword

   Foreword Pages: 5 - 6

3. Failure mode transitions in polymers under high strain rate loading

   • K. Ravi-Chandar
   • J. Lu
   • Z. Zhu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 72

4. Numerical modeling of the ductile-brittle transition

   • A. Needleman
   • V. Tvergaard

   OriginalPaper Pages: 73 - 97

5. Effect of material and geometric parameters on deformations near the notch-tip of a dynamically loaded prenotched plate

   • R.C. Batra
   • R.R. Gummalla

   OriginalPaper Pages: 99 - 140

6. Failure mode transition in ceramics under dynamic multiaxial compression

   • W. Chen
   • G. Ravichandran

   OriginalPaper Pages: 141 - 159

7. Finite element analysis of micromechanical failure modes in a heterogeneous ceramic material system

   • J. Zhai
   • M. Zhou

   OriginalPaper Pages: 161 - 180