René de Borst is a Dutch civil engineer who is known for his work on computational mechanics and fracture mechanics. Since January 2016 he is the Centenary Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Sheffield.Erik van der Giessen is the editor of Material Instabilities in Solids, published by Wiley.

• Introduction to Material Instabilities in Solids (E. van derGiessen & R. de Borst). Stability of Layered Geological Structures: An Asymptotic Solution(Y. Leroy & N. Triantafyllidis). Analysis of Shear Failure in Concrete Materials (K. William, etal.). On the Effects of Inertial Coupling on the Wave-Speeds ofElastic-Plastic Fluid-Saturated Porous Media (B. Loret & E.Rizzi). Microstructured Solids: Non-Linear Model and Analysis ofMagneto-Elastic Wave Processes (V. Erofeyev & S.Kovalev). Thermodynamics of Crystal Viscoplasticity and Instability Phenomena(P. Perzyna). Instability Issues in Single Crystal Plasticity (P.Steinmann). On the Use of Strain-Softening Models for the Simulation of StrongDiscontinuities in Solids (J. Oliver, et al.). Thermomechanics Based Theory and Analysis of Cracking Localizationin Concrete Dam under Earthquake Excitation (H. Horii, etal.). Localisation Patterns in Ductile and Brittle Geomaterials (J.Desrues).In-Plane Crushing of a Polymeric Honeycomb (S. Papka &S. Kyriakides). Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Size Scale Effects inConcrete Fracture (M. van Vliet & J. van Mier). Post-Peak Behaviour of Rocks and Natural Building Stones inUniaxial Compression (I. Vardoulakis, et al.). Inelastic Deformation of F.C.C. Single Crystals by Slip andTwinning (A. Staroselsky & L. Anand). Effects of Strain Paths on Sheet Metal Limit Strains (P. Wu, etal.). Three-Dimensional Analysis of Localized Necking (A.Benallal). Effects of Heterogeneities and Localization on Polymer Deformationand Recovery (M. Boyce & C. Chui). Strain Localization and Void Growth in Polymers (A. Steenbrink& E. van der Giessen). Nonaffine Network Model for Glassy Polymer and Prediction ofInstability Propagation (Y. Tomita & T. Adachi). Damage Localisation in Short Fibre Cementitious Composites (B.Karihaloo & J. Wang). Fracture Instabilities in Heterogeneous Materials: Brittleness,Size Effects and Fractality (A. Carpinteri). Compression Fracture-Mechanics of Damage Localization and SizeEffect (Z. Bazant). Nonlinear Modelling of Geomaterials and Self-Organization Phenomena(V. Nikolaevskiy). Quasi-Static and Dynamic Characteristics of Strain GradientDependent Non-Local Constitutive Models (F. Oka, et al.). Higher-Order Damage Models for the Analysis of Fracture inQuasi-Brittle Materials (M. Geers, et al.). On Gradient Regularization for Numerical Analyses in the Presenceof Damage (C. Comi & L. Driemeier). Localisation of Damage in Quasi-Brittle Materials and Influence ofChemically Activated Damage (G. Pijaudier-Cabot, et al.). Nonlocal Damage Effects on Plastic Flow Localization under DynamicLoading (V. Tvergaard & A. Needleman). Instabilities and Size Effects in Plasticity: Continuum andDislocation Approaches (H. Zbib). Macroscopic Modelling of Stationary and Propagative Instabilities(L. Sluys & W. Wang). A Discussion of Strain Gradient Plasticity Theories and Applicationto Shear Bands (N. Fleck & J. Hutchinson). A Beam Theory for Gradient Continua (H.-B. Muhlhaus & P.Hornby). Recent Progress on Gradient Theory and Applications (E.Aifantis). Index.