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POSTMASTER: Please send address corrections to the Jnternational Journal of Engineering Science, c/o Elsevier Science Regional Sales Office, Customer Support Department, 655 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10010, U.S.A. [Tel: (+1) 212-633-3730/1-888 4ES-INFO. Fax: (+ 1) 212-633-3680. E-mail: [email protected]]. List of Contents NUMBER 1 K. Vijayakumar Isogroup classification and group-invariant solutions of the nonlinear diffusion—-convection equation T, = (D,(T)T— ,Dx)( T,)T , Yu. I. Dimitrienko Thermal stresses in ablative composite thin-walled structures under intensive heat flows Giovanni P. Galdi Slow motion of a body in a fluid of second grade and K. R. Rajagopal J. M. N. T. Gray Interaction models for mixtures with application to and B. Svendsen phase transitions Michael A. Grinfeld Hamiltonian and Onsageristic approaches in the and Andrew N. Norris nonlinear theory of fluid-permeable elastic continua NUMBER 2 Nuri Akkas and Usama Zakout Transient response of an infinite elastic medium containing a spherical cavity with and without a shell embedment Yinan Wu and Noriko Katsube A thermomechanical model for chemically decomposing composites—I. Theory Yinan Wu and Noriko Katsube A thermomechanical model for chemically decomposing composites—II. Application Darren G. Crowdy General solutions to the 2D Liouville equation H. A. Erbay On the asymptotic membrane theory of thin hyperelastic plates K. Muralidhar and Jyoti Swarup Theoretical study of interphase heat and mass transfer in saturated porous media Ewaryst Wierzbicki, Thermal stresses in elastodynamics of composite Czeslaw Wozniak materials and Malgorzata Wozniak NUMBER 3 Garrison Sposito On steady flows with Lamb surfaces Ill 1V List of Contents R. D. Kulchytsky-Zhyhailo and 211 Thermoelastic contact problems with frictional heating A. A. Yevtushenko and convective cooling M. N. Kirsanov 221 Singular points of the creep deformation and buckling of a column C. Y. Chen and C. Atkinson 229 The axisymmetric problem of a disc in a bimaterial sandwich—the (history dependent) scalar potential case Udo Gamer, Werner Mack and 253 Rotating elastic-plastic solid shaft with fixed ends Imrich Varga M. Singh and S. K. Malik 269 Parametrically excited waves and chaos in magnetic fluids with surface adsorption Mehrdad Negahban 277 Thermodynamic modeling of the thermomechanical effects of polymer crystallization: a general theoretical structure NUMBER 4 P. N. Kaloni and Zongchun Qiao 299 Nonlinear convection with inclined temperature gradient and horizontal mass flow Alinur Biiyiikaksoy 311 Plane wave diffraction by a reactive step and Filiz Birbir A. A. Maznev and A. G. Every 321 Time-domain dynamic surface response of an anisotropic elastic solid to an impulsive line force Cheo K. Lee and Chiang C. Mei Re-examination of the equations of poroelasticity Hilmi Demiray Small but finite amplitude waves in a _ prestressed viscoelastic thin tube filled with an inviscid fluid Li Chen and M. C. R. Davies 365 Analysis of energy absorption of adiabatic shear plugging in thermoviscoplastic targets W. J. Vankan, J. M. Huyghe, Finite element analysis of blood flow through biological J. D. Janssen, A. Huson, tissue W. J. G. Hacking and W. Schreiner Li-Guo Zhao and Yi-Heng Chen 387 On thecontribution of subinterface microcracks near the tip of an interface macrocrack to the J-integral in bimaterial solids S. Chakravarty An analysis of pulsatile flow in a model aortic and P. K. Mandal bifurcation Y. Z. Chen and Norio Hasebe 423 Novel weight function approach for plane elasticity d crack problem Santwana Banerjee Magneto-thermo-elastic interactions in an_ infinite (Mukhopadhyay) isotropic elastic cylinder subjected to a periodic loading and S. K. Roychoudhuri List of Contents NUMBER 5 Rajeswari Seshadri, Unsteady three-dimensional stagnation point flow of a Nalini Sreeshylan and G. Nath viscoelastic fluid Radyadour Kh. Zeytounian The Bénard—Marangoni thermocapillary instability problem: on the rdle of the buoyancy George Z. Voyiadjis Micro and macro anisotropic cyclic damage-plasticity and Ganesh Thiagarajan models for MMCs S. Cuevas, B. F. Picologlou, Liquid-metal MHD flow in rectangular ducts with thin J. S. Walker and G. Talmage conducting or insulating walls: laminar and turbulent solutions S. Cuevas, B. F. Picologlou, Heat transfer in laminar and turbulent liquid-metal J. S. Walker, G. Talmage MHD flows in square ducts with thin conducting or and T. Q. Hua insulating walls E. M. A. Elbashbeshy Heat and mass transfer along a vertical plate with variable surface tension and concentration in the presence of the magnetic field Marijan Babic Average balance equations for granular materials NUMBER 6 Ming Ji and Haruo Ishikawa Analysis of an internal central crack with bridging fibers in a finite orthotropic plate N. H. Scott Energy flux and dissipation of inhomogeneous plane wave forms in Kelvin—Voigt viscoelasticity S. de Cicco and L. Nappa Torsion and flexure of microstretch elastic circular cylinders R. K. Singla, R. K. Chhabra Second harmonic resonance on the marginally neutral and S. K. Trehan curve in electrohydrodynamics David L. Clements, J. Kusuma A note on antiplane deformations of inhomogeneous and W. T. Ang elastic materials M. Rahman and G. Newaz Elastostatic surface displacements of a_ half-space reinforced by a thin film due to an axial ring load Y. C. Zhou, Z. P. Duan Long pulsed laser induced reverse bulging and plugging and B. M. Xie Corrigendum Announcements List of Contents NUMBER 7 Edward K. Grigorian 629 On the limit equilibrium of a stamp with a rounded base on the boundary of an elastic semiplane E. S. Suhubi and A. Bakkaloglu 637 Symmetry groups for arbitrary motions of hyperelastic solids Zhen-Qiang Cheng 659 Micropolar elastic fields due to a circular cylindrical : and Ling-Hui He inclusion 4 D. lesan 669 Uniqueness results in the theory of microstretch fluids : V. I. Fabrikant 681 Computation of the resultant forces and moments in elastic contact problems Philippe Grossel, 699 Sample tip thermal coupling in modulated laser surface Francoise Depasse excitation and Nathalie Trannoy NUMBER 8 Junbo Song and Yoshihisa Ishida 711 A robust sliding mode control for pneumatic servo systems D. S. Dugdale 725 Viscous flow through a sharp-edged orifice Muhammet Yiiriisoy Symmetry reductions of unsteady three-dimensional and Mehmet Pakdemirli boundary layers of some non-Newtonian fluids Magdy A. Ezzat 741 State space approach to generalized magneto- thermoelasticity with two relaxation times in a medium of perfect conductivity A. Charalambopoulos, 753. Frequency spectrum of the human head—neck system G. Dassios, D. I. Fotiadis and C. V. Massalas L. Graziano, D. lannece Continua with an interface and ferromagnetic crystals and A. Romano Enrico Macii and An application of Hopfield networks to worst-case Massimo Poncino power analysis of RT-level VLSI systems J. M. Huyghe and J. D. Janssen Quadriphasic mechanics of swelling incompressible porous media Tsong-Hai Jean and One-dimensional equations and solutions for particulate John Peddieson Jr suspension flows NUMBER 9 G. Ledder 819 An integral equation for the planar ablation problem List of Contents Vii M. S. Malashetty 829 Effect of gravity modulation on the onset of convection and V. Padmathi in a fluid and porous layer C. Atkinson and N. D. Aparicio 841 An inverse problem method for crack detection in viscoelastic materials under anit-plane strain F. Ashida, J. S. Choi 851 Control of elastic displacement in piezoelectric-based and N. Noda intelligent plate subjected to thermal load M. Ozturk and F. Erdogan 869 Mode I crack problem in an inhomogeneous orthotropic medium G. Cimatti 885 Global attractors in electrohydrodynamics NUMBER 10-11 J. Song and Y. Ishida 905 Robust tracking controller design for pneumatic servo system A. I. Murdoch and D. Bedeaux 921 A microscopic perspective on the physical foundations of continuum mechanics—II. A projection operator approach to the separation of reversible and irreversible contributions to macroscopic behaviour C. Y. Wang Effect on the potential field by a conducting or insulated grate F. Chu and Z. Zhang 963 Periodic, quasi-periodic and chaotic vibrations of a rub-impact rotor system supported on oil film bearings A. J. Chamkha 975 Hydromagnetic natural convection from an isothermal inclined surface adjacent to a thermally stratified porous medium D. Srinivasa Charya 987 Drag on an axisymmetric body performing rectilinear and T. K. V. Iyengar oscillations in a micropolar fluid V. Berdichevsky, P. Hazzledine 1003 Micromechanics of diffusional creep and B. Shoykhet J. Jena and V. D. Sharma 1033 Lie transformation group solutions of non-linear equations describing viscoelastic materials R. Lancellotta and L. Preziosi 1045 A _ general nonlinear mathematical model for soil consolidation problems H. Demiray and G. Akgiin 1065 Wave propagation in a viscous fluid contained in a prestressed viscoelastic thin tube Letters in Applied and Engineering Sciences B. Tian, K. Zhao and Y.-T. Gao 1081 Symbolic computation in engineering: application to a breaking soliton equation List of Contents NUMBER 12-13 F. Costanzo and J. R. Walton 1085 A study of dynamic crack growth in elastic materials using a cohesive zone model S. D. Akbarov, T. Sisman 1115 On the fracture of the unidirectional composites in and N. Yahnioglu compression A. C. Eringen A unified continuum theory of electrodynamics of liquid crystals V. I. Fabrikant Generalized method of images in the crack analysis C. Dascalu Electroelasticity equations and energy approaches to fracture L. Teresi and A. Tiero Lie groups and the compatibility conditions for continua with rigid structure U. Zakout and N. Akkas Transient response of a cylindrical cavity with and without a bonded shell in an infinite elastic medium S. Chirita, M. Ciarletta and Saint-Venant’s principle in linear viscoelasticity M. Fabrizio . Vajravelu and Convective heat transfer in an electrically conducting . Hadjinicolaou fluid at a stretching surface with uniform free stream . Bayada, M. Chambat, A dynamic frictionless contact problem using Signorini . Lakhal and L. Rochet like compliance laws . Irmay Note: a family of analytical solutions of the Navier— Stokes equations in space NUMBER 14 . Akyiiz and A. Ertepinar 1265 Breathing motions and loss of stability of pre-stressed compressible hyperelastic cylindrical shells . lesan and A. Scalia 1277 On Saint-Venant’s principle for microstretch elastic bodies . T. Andrews, M. Shillor, 1291 A dynamic thermoviscoelastic contact problem with . Wright and A. Klarbring friction and wear . E. Dunn 1311 On steady motions in thermodynamics . Forte and M. Vianello 1317 Symmetry classes and harmonic decomposition for photoelasticity tensors . A. Yevtushenko and 1327 Simplified solution for elliptical-contact problem with . D. Kulchytsky-Zhyhailo wear List of Contents ix P. D. Ariel 1335 Computation of flow of a second grade fluid near a rotating disk NUMBER 15 V. P. Srivastava 1359 Influence of wall elasticity and Poiseuille flow on and L. M. Srivastava peristaltic induced flow of a particle-fluid mixture J. Wauer and S. Suherman 1387 Thickness vibrations of a piezo-semiconducting plate layer Y.-H. Zhou and X. Zheng 1405 A general expression of magnetic force for soft ferromagnetic plates in complex magnetic fields A. J. H. Frijns, J. M. Huyghe 1419 A validation of the quadriphasic mixture theory for and J. D. Janssen intervertebral disc tissue B. J. Devenish and Y. B. Fu 1431 The nonlinear evolution of near-neutral and near-body wave modes in a pre-stressed incompressible elastic half-space. Part I: Upper branch near-neutral modes B. J. Devenish and Y. B. Fu 1441 The nonlinear evolution of near-neutral and near-body wave modes in a pre-stressed incompressible elastic half-space. Part II: Lower branch near-neutral modes G. F. Smith and G. Bao 1457 Isotropic invariants of traceless symmetric tensors of orders three and four List of Contents and Author Index for Volume 35 (1997)