1. Mechanics within the academy of sciences (to mark the 250th Anniversary of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR)

   • A. N. Bogolyubov

   Scientific and Technical Section Pages: 525 - 529

2. Solution of a three-dimensional axisymmetrical problem of thermoplasticity in relation to thick turbine disks

   • V. V. Piskun
   • V. G. Savchenko
   • Yu. N. Shevchenko

   Scientific and Technical Section Pages: 530 - 536

3. Laws governing in-service damageability of alloy ÉP99 gas-turbine vanes

   • G. N. Tret'yachenko
   • É. P. Kosygin
   • V. N. Rudenko

   Scientific and Technical Section Pages: 537 - 541

4. Experimental investigation of the axisymmetric strain of spherical shells with a hole beyond the elastic limits

   • L. V. Andreev
   • Yu. I. Kurinnyi
   • V. A. Firsov

   Scientific and Technical Section Pages: 542 - 544

5. On the connection between stresses and strains in an orthogonally reinforced material

   • É. S. Umanskii
   • G. V. Bilida

   Scientific and Technical Section Pages: 545 - 548

6. Calculation of axisymmetric stress in branched jointed shells of revolution

   • M. I. Egorov
   • V. S. Koryagin
   • V. P. Korotikhin

   Scientific and Technical Section Pages: 549 - 554

7. Experimental investigation of the frequencies and modes of natural vibrations of glass reinforced plastic shells

   • T. D. Karimbaev
   • V. P. Korolev
   • V. G. Epanov

   Scientific and Technical Section Pages: 555 - 557

8. Evaluation of the dissipation of mechanical-vibration energy for a material subjected to a complex stress pattern

   • V. V. Khil'chevskii
   • V. G. Dubenets

   Scientific and Technical Section Pages: 558 - 566

9. Study on the regularities of the transition from quasistatic to fatigue rupture of light alloys under a few load cycles

   • V. A. Strizhalo

   Scientific and Technical Section Pages: 567 - 573

10. The laws of fatigue damage accumulation in alloys ÉI826 and ÉI617 under programmed loading

    • Yu. I. Koval'

    Scientific and Technical Section Pages: 574 - 576

11. Vulnerability of pure tin in unsteady loading conditions

    • Yu. I. Ragozin
    • V. N. Kovrov

    Scientific and Technical Section Pages: 577 - 579

12. An effect of ultrasonic treatment on copper

    • E. g. Konovalov
    • I. G. Dovgyallo
    • V. I. Bord

    Scientific and Technical Section Pages: 580 - 583

13. Deformation (strain) diagrams and structure of stainless maraging steels

    • S. B. Nizhnik

    Scientific and Technical Section Pages: 584 - 588

14. Investigation of certain problems related to the failure of thermally loaded refractories

    • G. A. Gogotsi

    Scientific and Technical Section Pages: 589 - 592

15. Influence of decarburised layers and surface defects on the stress state of a specimen strained in bending

    • A. G. Rakhshtadt
    • V. M. Semenov
    • N. N. Shaposhnikov

    Scientific and Technical Section Pages: 593 - 597

16. On the critical stress of crack development

    • V. M. Vigdorchik
    • G. A. Chekurova

    Scientific and Technical Section Pages: 598 - 600

17. Structural changes in molybdenum during short-time tensile and high-temperature creep tests

    • E. É. Zasimchuk
    • E. E. Zelenyuk
    • O. I. Marusii

    Scientific and Technical Section Pages: 601 - 604

18. Anisotropy in the mechanical properties of titanium-aluminum-manganese alloys

    • L. V. Prokhodtseva
    • B. A. Drozdovskii
    • L. V. Shokholova

    Scientific and Technical Section Pages: 605 - 609

19. Correlation between the work of fracture of specimens with a crack and the characteristic of fracture toughness G_1c of a material

    • V. I. Gel'miza
    • D. M. Shur

    Scientific and Technical Section Pages: 610 - 612

20. Effect of contact friction on the results of hardness determination by indentation and scratching

    • A. I. Lavrent'ev

    Production Section Pages: 613 - 616

21. Effect of a transverse interlayer on stresses in a bar under transient loads

    • G. M. Kupershlyak-Yuzefovich

    Production Section Pages: 617 - 621

22. Effect of carbon on the strength and toughness of structural steel and weld seams

    • V. G. Laz'ko
    • V. E. Laz'ko
    • B. M. Ovsyannikov

    Production Section Pages: 622 - 627

23. Experimental study of rotor section carrying capacity

    • R. I. Alyanskii
    • G. V. Aslanov
    • V. M. Chertkov

    Production Section Pages: 628 - 633

24. An efficient experimental test-piece shape for compressive tests

    • V. A. Krokha

    Production Section Pages: 634 - 637

25. Effect of circular unreinforced holes on the stability of axially loaded cylindrical shells in the elasticoplastic zone

    • A. P. Shapovalov

    Production Section Pages: 638 - 643

26. Increasing the strength of stainless steel weldments at low temperatures

    • E. I. Taver
    • N. P. Antropov
    • N. G. Morozov

    Production Section Pages: 644 - 646

27. Modulus of elasticity and decrement of oscillations of hardening copper-gallium solders

    • M. L. Kurkina

    Brief Communications Pages: 647 - 649