IUTAM Symposium on Transformation Problems in Composite and Active Materials : Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium held in Cairo Egypt 9–12 March 1997 Inelastic Behavior of Composite Materials Modelling Stress Dependent Transformation Strains of Heterogeneous Materials A Micromechanical Model for Predicting Fatigue Response of Metal Matrix Composites Subjected to Environmental Degradation On the Micromechanical Modelling of the Viscoplastic Behavior of Single Crystal Superalloys Micromechanical Analysis of Inelastic Fibrous Laminates Fourier Transforms and Their Application to the Formation of Textures and Changes of Morphology in Solids Second Order Estimates for the Effective Behavior of Nonlinear Porous Materials Shape Memory Effects Energetics in Martensites Modeling of Cyclic Thermomechanical Response of Polycrystalline Shape Memory Alloys The Taylor Estimate of Recoverable Strains in Shape Memory Polycrystals Thermomechanical Modeling of Shape Memory Alloys and Applications On the Design of Hydrophones made as 1–3 Piezoelectrics Functionally Graded Materials A Stress Function Formulation for a Class of Exact Solutions for Functionally Graded Elastic Plates Micromechanical Modeling of Functionally Graded Materials Thermal Fracture and Thermal Shock Resistance of Functionally Graded Materials Micromechanics and Nonlocal Effects in Graded Random Structure Matrix Composites Transformation Problems in Composite Structures Design of Composite Cylinder Fabrication Process Dynamic Response of Elastic Viscoplastic Sandwich Beams with Asymmetrically Arranged Thick Layers Design of Materials with Extreme Elastic or Thermoelastic Properties Using Topology Optimization Adaptive Structures An Exact Solution for Static Shape Control Using Piezoelectric Actuation On the Theory of Smart Composite Structures Smart Hinge Beam for Shape Control Elasticity Issues Optimality of Dilute Composites under Shear A Hashin Shtrikman Approach to the Elastic Energy Minimization of Random Martensitic Polycrystals. The field of composite materials has seen substantial development in the past decade New composite systems are being continually developed for various applications. Among such systems are metal intermetallic and superalloy matrix composites carbon carbon composites as well as polymer matrix composites. At the same time a new discipline has emerged of active or smart materials which are often constructed as composite or heterogeneous media and structures. One unifying theme in these diverse systems is the influence that uncoupled and coupled eigenfields or transformation fields exert on the various types of overall response as well as on the respective phase responses. Problems of this kind are currently considered by different groups which may not always appreciate the similarities of the problems involved. The purpose of the IUTAM Symposium on Transformation Problems in Composite and Active Materials held in Cairo Egypt from March 10 to 12 1997 was to bring together representatives of the different groups so that they may interact and explore common aspects of these seemingly different problem areas. New directions in micromechanics research in both composite and active materials were also explored in the symposium. Specifically invited lectures in the areas of inelastic behavior of composite materials shape memory effects functionally graded materials transformation problems in composite structures and adaptive structures were delivered and discussed during the three day meeting. This book contains the printed contributions to the IUTAM Symposium.