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PHYSICAL MESOMECHANICS (ISSN 1029-9599) Journal has been founded in May, 1998 Published triannually The journal provides an international medium for the publication of theoretical and experimental studies and reviews related in the physical mesomechanics and also solid-state physics, mechanics, materials science, geodynamics, non-destructive testing and in a large number of other fields where the physical mesomechanics may be used extensively. Papers dealing with the processing, characterization, structure and physical properties and computational aspects of the mesomechanics of heterogeneous media, fracture mesomechanics, physical mesomechanics of materials, mesomechanics applications for geodynamics and tectonics, mesomechanics of smart materials and materials for electronics, non-destructive testing are viewed as suitable for publication. Editor-in-Chief V.E. Panin Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science SB RAS, Tomsk, 634021, Russia Tel.: +7 (3822) 492-481; fax: +7 (3822) 492-576; e-mail:
[email protected] Deputy Editor V.M. Fomin, Russia Editorial Board G.I. Barenblatt, USA G. Capriz, Italy A. Carpinteri, Italy R.V. Goldstein, Russia Yu.V. Grinyaev, Russia B.L. Holian, USA D. Jeulin, France
P.V. Makarov, Russia O.B. Naimark, Russia S.V. Panin, Russia V.L. Popov, Russia G. Pluvinage, France S.G. Psakhie, Russia J.C. Radon, Great Britain
K.S. Schmauder, Germany E.I. Shemyakin, Russia G.C. Sih, China A.N. Tikhonov, Russia V.M. Titov, Russia M.P. Wnuk, USA Yu.G. Yanovsky, Russia
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