Andre Pineau & Andre Zaoui 
IUTAM Symposium on Micromechanics of Plasticity and Damage of Multiphase Materials 
Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium held in Sevres, Paris, France, 29 August — 1 September 1995

The IUT AM Symposium on "Micromechanics of Plasticity and Damage of Multiphase Materials" was held in Sevres, Paris, France, 29 August — 1 September 1995. The Symposium was attended by 83 persons from 18 countries. In addition 17 young French students attended the meeting. During the 4 day meeting, a total of 55 papers were presented, including 24 papers in the poster sessions. The meeting was divided into 7 oral and 3 poster sessions. The 7 oral sessions were the following: — Plasticity and Viscoplasticity I and II; — Phase transformations; — Damage I and II; — Statistical and geometrical aspects; — Cracks and interfaces. Each poster session was introduced by a Rapporteur, as follows: — Session I (Plasticity and Viscoplasticity): G. Cailletaud; — Session 2 (Damage): D. Franc;:ois; — Session 3 (Phase transformation; statistical and geometrical aspects): D. Jeulin. The main purpose of the Symposium was the discussion of the state of the art in the development of micromechanical models used to predict the macroscopic mechanical behaviour of m Ultiphase solid materials. These materials consist of at least two chemically different phases, present either initially or formed during plastic deformation, when a strain-induced phase transformation takes place. One session was devoted to the latter case. Continuously strengthened composite materials, containing long fibers, were out of the scope of the Symposium.