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Preface v Committees vi Computer Simulation of the Interaction of Junction Disclinations in Nanomaterials with Grain Boundary Vacancies A.A. Nazarov and R.T. Murzaev Nonlinear Correlated Interaction of Mesodefects and Transition to Macrofracturing A. Leksowskij, B.L. Baskin, A.P. Tishkin and A. Abdumanonov Recent Advances in Determination of the Logarithmic Decrement and the Resonant Frequency in Low-Frequency Mechanical Spectroscopy L.B. Magalas and M. Majewski High-Temperature Mechanical Relaxation due to Dislocation Motion inside Dislocation Networks A. Rivière, M. Gerland and V. Pelosin High Temperature Mechanical Loss Spectrum of 3Y-TZP Zirconia Reinforced with Carbon Nanotubes or Silicon Carbide Whiskers C. Ionascu and R. Schaller Low Temperature Kinetics of In-Cd Solid Solution Decomposition P.P. Pal-Val, L.N. Pal-Val, A.A. Ostapovets and P. Vanek Effect of Heat Treatment on Acoustic Properties of Chromium Polycrystals at Low Temperatures P.P. Pal-Val, L.N. Pal-Val, S.B. Golovina and I.S. Golovin Analysis of Internal Friction Peaks in High Purity Molybdenum by a Viscoelastic Procedure Independent of the Relaxation Strength C.L. Matteo, O.A. Lambri, G.I. Zelada-Lambri, P.A. Sorichetti and J.A. García Structure and Anelasticity of Fe-Ge Alloys I.S. Golovin, T.V. Ivleva, S. Jäger, P. Jencus, H. Neuhäuser, S.A.T. Redfern and C. Siemers Snoek-Type and Zener Relaxation in Fe-Si-Al Alloys I.S. Golovin, S. Jäger, V.A. Semin, G.V. Serzhantova, H.-R. Sinning, O.A. Sokolova, F. Stein and S.A. Golovin Room-Temperature Short-Range Ordering in Fe-Si Alloys Observed by Internal Friction F. González, D. Ruiz and Y. Houbaert Mechanical Spectroscopy and Neutron Diffraction Studies in Fe-Al-Si Alloys O.A. Lambri, J.I. Pérez-Landazábal, G.J. Cuello, J.A. Cano, V. Recarte and I.S. Golovin Mechanical Spectroscopy of the Fe-25Al-Cr Alloys in Medium Temperature Range I.S. Golovin and A. Rivière On the Formation of High Damping State in Fe-Al and Fe-Cr Alloys I.B. Chudakov, N.A. Polyakova, S.Yu. Mackushev and V.A. Udovenko On the Formation of High Damping State and Optimization of Structure of Industrial Damping Steels V.A. Udovenko, I.B. Chudakov, N.M. Alexandrova, R.V. Kakabadze and N.N. Perevalov Influence of Heat Treatment on Magnetic and Damping Properties of Fe-11 at.% Al Alloys A. Mielczarek, W. Riehemann, O.A. Sokolova and I.S. Golovin Influence of Thermal Cycling and Equivalent Heat Treatment on Amplitude Dependence of Internal Friction in Cu-Al-Mn Shape Memory Alloys A. Mielczarek, M. Marczyk and W. Riehemann Mechanical and Fatigue Properties of Cu-Al-Mn Shape Memory Alloys with Influence of Mechanical Cycling on Amplitude Dependence of Internal Friction at Room Temperature A. Mielczarek, W. Riehemann, S. Vogelgesang and B. Tonn Effect of Cold Rolling on the Damping of As Cast Cu-Al-Mn Shape Memory Alloys A. Mielczarek, Y. Wöckel and W. Riehemann In Situ Neutron Diffraction Study of Internal Stresses in 60% Mn-40% Cu Alloy Introduced by Ageing S.G. Sheverev, G.V. Markova and V.V. Sumin Change of Structure and Properties of 51CrV4 Shaft Caused by Thermo- Mechanical Treatment J. Göken, M. Maikranz-Valentin, K. Steinhoff, T.S. Pavlova, T.V. Ivleva and I.S. Golovin Damping in AZ31 ECAP-Processed Alloy T.V. Ivleva, J. Göken, I.S. Golovin, Z. Zuberova, M. Maikranz-Valentin and K. Steinhoff Study of PPV Polymer Layers on Si Substrates by Mechanical Spectroscopy A. Strahl, S. Schrader, S. Katholy, B. Grimm and H. Neuhäuser Do Electromagnetic Pulses Induce the Relaxation or Activation of Microcracking Rate in Loaded Rocks? L. Bogomolov and A. Zakupin Phase Heterogeneities of Lipidic Aggregates L.V. El'nikova Mechanical Spectroscopy of Oil Films on Metallic and Neutral Substrates L.B. Magalas On the History of the Russian School of Anelasticity in Solids S.A. Golovin Author Index Keyword Index