1. Professor Dr. Joachim Meissner on the occasion of his retirement

   • M. H. Wagner
   • H. C. Öttinger

   Laudatio Pages: 101 - 102

2. Nonisothermal polymeric fluids

   • R. Byron Bird
   • Charles F. Curtiss

   Original Contribution Pages: 103 - 109

3. On-line measurement of elasticity and viscosity in flowing polymeric liquids

   • Arthur S. Lodge

   Original Contribution Pages: 110 - 116

4. Rheotens-mastercurves and elongational viscosity of polymer melts

   • Manfred H. Wagner
   • Bertrand Collignon
   • Jérôme Verbeke

   Original Contribution Pages: 117 - 126

5. On the development of oblong particles as precursors for polymer crystallization from shear flow: Origin of the so-called fine grained layers

   • Peter Jerschow
   • Hermann Janeschitz-Kriegl

   Original Contribution Pages: 127 - 133

6. Velocity field in nondraining polymer chains

   • Hans Christian Öttinger

   Original Contribution Pages: 134 - 138

7. Structure and rheology of wormlike micelles

   • Elizabeth K. Wheeler
   • Pilar Izu
   • Gerald G. Fuller

   Original Contribution Pages: 139 - 149

8. On the relative magnitudes of viscous, elastic and texture stresses in liquid crystalline PBG solutions

   • Ronald G. Larson

   Original Contribution Pages: 150 - 159

9. Rotation of liquid crystalline macromolecules in shear flow and shear-induced periodic orientation patterns

   • Jörg A. Müller
   • Richard S. Stein
   • H. Henning Winter

   Original Contribution Pages: 160 - 167

10. The relaxation of concentrated polymer solutions

    • Michael Baumgärtel
    • Norbert Willenbacher

    Original Contribution Pages: 168 - 185

11. New ill-posed problems in rheology

    • Christian Friedrich
    • Josef Honerkamp
    • Jürgen Weese

    Original Contribution Pages: 186 - 193

12. Influence of polymer conformation on the entrance length in capillary flow

    • Leonor Pérez-Trejo
    • Arturo F. Méndez-Sánchez
    • Lourdes de Vargas

    Original Contribution Pages: 194 - 201

13. Experimental observations on the pressure-dependent polymer melt rheology of linear low density polyethylene, using a multi-pass rheometer

    • Malcolm R. Mackley
    • Paul H.J. Spitteler

    Original Contribution Pages: 202 - 209

14. Announcements

    Announcement Pages: 210 - 210