Table of Contents; Preface; List of Symbols; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 9 TRANSITION TO THE DYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS; CHAPTER 10 PLASTIC INSTABILITY AND LOCALIZATION EFFECTS; CHAPTER II ELASTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; CHAPTER 12 DYNAMIC PLASTIC BEHAVIOUR; CHAPTER 13 CHARACTERIZATION OF LINEAR VISCOELASTIC RESPONSE USING A DYNAMIC SYSTEM APPROACH; CHAPTER I4 VISCOELASTIC WAVES AND BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM; CHAPTER 15 TRANSITION TO THE DYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR OF STRUCTURED AND HETEROGENEOUS MATERIALS. CHAPTER 16 THE STOCHASTIC MICROMECHANICAL APPROACH TO THE RESPONSE BEHAVIOUR OF ENGINEERING MATERIALSCHAPTER 17 INTELLIGENT MATERIALS- AN OVERVIEW; CHAPTER 18 PATTERN RECOGNITION AND CLASSIFICATION METHODOLOGY FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF MATERIAL RESPONSE STATES; APPENDIX D THE Z-TRANSFORM; SUBJECT INDEX.