1. Investigation of the influence of the strain rate on the growth of cracks in thin metal sheets

   • G. S. Pisarenko
   • N. V. Novikov
   • A. L. Maistrenko

   Scientific-Technical Section Pages: 1045 - 1049

2. Theory of plastic deformation of anisotropic materials

   • B. I. Koval'chuk

   Scientific-Technical Section Pages: 1050 - 1055

3. Effect of the strength of railroad rails on the formation of contact-fatigue damage under service conditions

   • V. V. Lempitskii
   • D. S. Kazarnovskii
   • L. Ya. Shnaperman

   Scientific-Technical Section Pages: 1056 - 1060

4. Investigation of fatigue fractures near slot-shaped stress concentrators in specimens of St. 3 steel

   • P. A. Pavlov
   • N. E. Nikulina

   Scientific-Technical Section Pages: 1061 - 1065

5. General considerations governing the change in mechanical properties of refractory materials in relation to temperature

   • V. A. Borisenko

   Scientific-Technical Section Pages: 1066 - 1074

6. Investigation of the heat resistance of alloys under one-sided load

   • V. A. Lyutyi

   Scientific-Technical Section Pages: 1075 - 1079

7. Strength of low-carbon sheet alloys of the Mo−Hf−B system

   • I. P. Bulygin
   • I. B. Levin
   • A. A. Bataeva

   Scientific-Technical Section Pages: 1080 - 1084

8. Shock compression of some constructional materials at speeds up to 1000 m/sec

   • G. V. Stepanov
   • V. V. Astanin

   Scientific-Technical Section Pages: 1085 - 1088

9. Finite-difference and variational methods in flow-theory models and algorithms for elastoplastic behavior

   • S. É. Umanskii

   Scientific-Technical Section Pages: 1089 - 1096

10. Physicomechanical properties of zirconium nitride and niobium carbide within the range of homogeneity

    • I. I. Spivak
    • V. M. Baranov
    • M. A. Fedotov

    Scientific-Technical Section Pages: 1097 - 1100

11. Creep of a metastable alloy at low temperatures

    • V. Ya. Il'ichev
    • I. A. Shapovalov
    • I. N. Klimenko

    Scientific-Technical Section Pages: 1101 - 1104

12. Influence of residual stresses on the static strength of hard alloys of the VK type [tungsten carbide-cobalt]

    • S. I. Spirina
    • B. M. Sverdlova
    • N. I. Spirina

    Scientific-Technical Section Pages: 1105 - 1111

13. The damping capacity of VNS-5 steel

    • S. A. Madyanov
    • V. M. Kondratov

    Scientific-Technical Section Pages: 1112 - 1114

14. High-strength three-layered material with increased damping capacity

    • I. M. Kachanova
    • G. S. Krivonogov

    Scientific-Technical Section Pages: 1115 - 1118

15. The microstructure picture in plastic and quasibrittle fracture of armco iron

    • R. F. Merenkova
    • P. F. Koshelev

    Scientific-Technical Section Pages: 1119 - 1122

16. Stress and strain in an elastically distinct layer in a cylindrical shell

    • A. N. Kvasha
    • O. S. Kuz'menok
    • A. G. Vaisbord

    Scientific-Technical Section Pages: 1123 - 1125

17. Effect of stress cycle asymmetry on the fatigue life of aluminum alloys and the shape of their fatigue curves

    • V. N. Shabalina

    Production Section Pages: 1126 - 1129

18. Distribution of shearing forces in the upper flange seams of welded beams due to the horizontal longitudinal-braking forces of a crane

    • V. F. Zhartovskii
    • N. I. Vorona

    Production Section Pages: 1130 - 1132

19. Approximate determination of the elastoplastic bending of a thick-walled tube

    • E. Ya. Neiman
    • N. P. Rezakova

    Production Section Pages: 1133 - 1135

20. Speckle holograms and strain measurement near stress concentrations in life-sizf specimens

    • I. V. Volkov

    Production Section Pages: 1136 - 1138

21. The noise intensity in cracking

    • V. E. Vainberg
    • R. G. Lupashku
    • A. M. Kushnir

    Production Section Pages: 1139 - 1141

22. Effect of formaldehyde resin on some metrological characteristics of resistance wire strain gauges

    • I. A. Kozlov
    • V. M. Leshchenko
    • V. F. Potapova

    Production Section Pages: 1142 - 1143

23. Effect of tempering temperature on notch sensitivity of quenched steels

    • S. Ya. Ustilovskii
    • N. M. Rudnitskii
    • V. Kh. Ambartsumyan

    Production Section Pages: 1144 - 1146

24. A device for measuring the rim displacement of turbine rotors

    • I. I. Ostapchuk

    Production Section Pages: 1147 - 1148

25. A machine for programmed fatigue tests of materials in pure bending

    • M. É. Garf
    • M. Ya. Filatov

    Production Section Pages: 1149 - 1153

26. Attachment to hardness measuring devices for automatic application of indentations

    • V. P. Krashchenko
    • V. A. Borisenko

    Production Section Pages: 1154 - 1156

27. Failure kinetics and stability

    • A. N. Monoshkov
    • V. A. Lupin
    • M. Z. Rakhman

    Brief Communications Pages: 1157 - 1159

28. An energy criterion for failure in a plastic polycrystalline body

    • Sh. Kh. Khannanov

    Brief Communications Pages: 1160 - 1162

29. High-temperature rheology of bamboo tantalum

    • V. O. Shestopal

    Brief Communications Pages: 1163 - 1165

30. Methods of investigating the resistance of metals to deformation and failure under cyclic loading

    • I. V. Kudryavtsev
    • D. M. Shur

    Book Review Pages: 1166 - 1167

31. The Sixth All-Union Conference on the Physicochemical Mechanics of Constructional Materials

    • V. G. Soluyanov
    • Yu. I. Kozub

    Chronicles Pages: 1168 - 1169

32. Theses on problems of the strength of materials and design elements prepared in the institute of problems of strength of the academy of sciences of the Ukrainian SSR in 1974

    • R. I. Kuriat
    • R. R. Kocherovets

    Chronicles Pages: 1170 - 1177