Session XV

chaired by: Teik-Cheng Lim
(SIM University, Singapore)

Dennis M. Kochmann

(California Institute of Technology, USA)

Dynamic performance of linear and nonlinear elastic composite systems containing negative-stiffness constituents

Sergey V. Dmitriev

(Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia)

Discrete breathers in 2D and 3D crystals

Julia A. Baimova

(Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia)

Graphene as the basis for the production of bulk carbon nanomaterials with unique mechanical properties

Session XVI

chaired by: Dennis M. Kochmann
(California Institute of Technology, USA)

Elena Pasternak

(The University of Western Australia)

Stability of and wave propagation in chains of oscillators with negative stiffness springs

James Ren

(John Moores University, United Kingdom)

Numerical investigation of the deformation of thin shell/membrane structures under indentation bending tests

Slawomir Czarnecki

(Warsaw University of Technology, Poland)

Design of nonhomogeneous isotropic distribution of elastic moduli

Session

chaired by: Elena Pasternak
(The University of Western Australia)

Sabine Bahrs

(PSSb Editor)

Piotr Zielinski

(Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)

Dynamics of surfaces in materials with negative Poisson ratio

Roberto Caruana-Gauci

(University of Malta, Malta)

A general elongated hexagonal dodecahedron model for cellular structures

Tomasz Walczak

(Poznan University of Technology, Poland)

Modelling auxetic materials by the method of fundamental solutions

Michelle V. Wood

(University of Malta, Malta)

Negative Poisson's Ratios in Biological Systems

Session

chaired by: David M. Heyes
(University of London, United Kingdom)

Miroslaw R. Dudek

(University of Zielona Gora, Poland)

Controlling magnetic phase transitions in magneto-auxetic systems

Pawel M. Piglowski

(Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)

Unusual behavior of temperature in highly non-equilibrium states - medium and strong shock waves

Teik-Cheng Lim

(SIM University, Singapore)

Torsional and Rayleigh stress wave transmission to and from auxetic solids

Closing

Krzysztof W. Wojciechowski
(Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)