This volume contains the edited version of lectures and selected
research contributions presented at the NATO ADVANCED STUDY INSTITUTE on
MECHANICAL BEHA VI OUR OF MATERIALS AT HIGH TEMPERATURE, held in
Sesimbra, Portugal, 12th-22nd September 1995, and organized by
1ST-Lisbon Institute of Technology, PortugaL The Institute was attended
by 88 participants, including 15 lecturers from 17 countries including
five CP countries. The lecturers were leading scientists and
technologists from universities, research institutions and industry. The
students were mainly young PhD students and junior academic or research
staff with postgraduate qualifications (MSc or PhD). Fourteen students
were from the five CP countries. The students presented research papers
or posters during the Institute reporting the current progress of their
research projects. A total of thirty three lectures, ten research papers
and fifty posters were presented. This book does not contain the poster
presentations and seven research papers were selected for publication.
All the sessions were very active and quite extensive discussions on
scientific aspects took place during the Institute. The Advanced Study
Institute provided a forum for interaction among scientists and
engineers from different areas of research, and young researchers.