The IUTAM Symposium on Macro- and Micro-Mechanics of High Velocity
Deformation and Fracture (MMMHVDF) (August 12 - 15, 1985) was held at
Science Council of Japan, under the sponsor- ship of IUTAM, Science
Council of Japan, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, The
Commemorative Association for the Japan World Exposition (1970), and The
Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences. The proposal of the
symposium was accepted by the General Assembly of IUTAM, and the
scientists mentioned below were appointed by the Bureau of IUTAM to
serve as member of the Scientific Committee. The main object of the
Symposium was to make a general survey of recent developments in the re-
search of high velocity solid mechanics and to explore further new ideas
for dealing with unsettled problems, of fundamental nature as well as of
practical importance. The subjects covered theoretical, experimental,
and numerical fields in macro- and micro-mechanics associated with high
velocity de- formatio and fracture in soldis, covering metals, ceramics,
polymers, and composites.