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Preface to Special Issue on Nonlinear Behaviors of Materials

This special issue of Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures includes six papers on non-linear behaviors of materials, which are selected from those in the topical area orally presented at the Fifth International Conference on Nonlinear Mechanics (ICNM-V), June 11–14, 2007, Shanghai, China. All of the six papers were rigorously reviewed and subsequently revised by following the established peer-review procedure of the journal. The four papers submitted from China were handled by Dr. Zhang, and the other two papers were processed by Dr. Gao. The guest editors appreciate the contributions from and the cooperation of the authors. They are also grateful to the reviewers for their constructive and critical comments, which led to improvements in the technical quality and/or the presentation clarity in all cases. Finally, the guest editors wish to thank Professor J.N. Reddy, the Editor of the journal, for entrusting them to edit this special issue. The coordinating efforts of Dr. V.U. Unnikrishnan, editorial assistant for the journal, are also thankfully acknowledged.