1. Failure criteria for transtropic, pressure dependent materials

   • P. S. Theocaris

   Original Contributions Pages: 451 - 465

2. Classical wave equation in fluid filament stretching

   • S. Kase
   • T. Nishimura

   Original Contributions Pages: 466 - 476

3. Evaluation of the dynamic-mechanical properties of solids from a cooperative model for stress relaxation

   • C. -G. Ek
   • C. Högfors
   • S. Uggla

   Original Contributions Pages: 477 - 481

4. The viscoelastic constitutive differential operator law in terms of the relaxation and retardation spectra

   • R. H. Blanc

   Original Contributions Pages: 482 - 486

5. New methods of determination of the molar weight distribution from rheological measurements

   • J. L. Grossiord
   • G. Couarraze
   • B. Leclerc

   Original Contributions Pages: 487 - 494

6. Hydrodynamisch induzierte Eigenbewegung von idealisierten Teilchen in newtonschen Suspensionsmedien unter Berücksichtigung begrenzender Wände

   • S. Harre

   Original Contributions Pages: 495 - 511

7. Diffusion of macromolecular solutions in a turbulent boundary layer of a cylindrical pipe

   • M. Buès
   • H. Reitzer
   • R. Teitgen

   Original Contributions Pages: 512 - 517

8. Drag reduction by centrally-injected polymer “threads”

   • J. W. Hoyt
   • R. H. J. Sellin

   Original Contributions Pages: 518 - 522

9. An anomalous phenomenon occurring in the flow of viscoelastic fluids out of ducts

   • Y. Tomita
   • T. Takahashi

   Original Contributions Pages: 523 - 530

10. Rheology of concentrated microgel solutions

    • R. J. Ketz Jr.
    • R. K. Prud'homme
    • W. W. Graessley

    Original Contributions Pages: 531 - 539

11. Elongational rheology of polyethylene melts — temporary network constitutive laws

    • J. M. Lacaze
    • G. Marin
    • Ph. Monge

    Original Contributions Pages: 540 - 545

12. An experimental study of food melt rheology

    • A. Senouci
    • A. C. Smith

    Original Contributions Pages: 546 - 554

13. Universal relations for instantaneous deformations of viscoelastic fluids

    • K. R. Rajagopal
    • A. S. Wineman

    Short Communications Pages: 555 - 556

14. Rheological properties of network models with configuration-dependent creation and loss rates

    • F. Petruccione
    • P. Biller

    Short Communications Pages: 557 - 560

15. Rheological determination of peptizing agents in bentonite clays

    • R. A. Speers
    • M. A. Tung
    • D. T. Williamson

    Short Communications Pages: 561 - 564

16. Book review

    • H. M. Laun

    BookReview Pages: 565 - 565

17. Announcement

    Announcement Pages: 566 - 566