Particle and Continuum Aspects of Mesomechanics

This title brings together a variety of papers presented at the 9th annual Meso meeting in 2007. The topics selected for Meso 2007 are designed to illustrate the relation of thresholds to multiscaling: <ul> <li>Flow through capillary tubes in contrast to pipes</li> <li>Laminar and turbulent flow transition</li> <li>Heat convection of thin wires in contrast to cylinders</li> <li>Electrical conductance of macro- and nano-circuits</li> <li>Rubbery and glassy polymers</li> <li>Single- and poly-crystal behavior</li> <li>Strength of wires and round cylindrical bars</li> <li>Uni-axial and multi-axial material: linear and non-linear response</li> <li>Thin and thick plate behavior</li> <li>Brittle and ductile fracture</li> <li>Small and large crack growth behavior</li> <li>Low and high temperature effects</li> <li>Local and global material property characteristics</li> <li>Small and large bodies: size and time effects</li> <li>Specimen and structure</li> </ul>