...consisting of invited lectures & refereed papers from the International Soc.of the Interaction of Mech. & Math. symposium on the subject, includes recent results that open perspectives into new developments in the field.    From the Publisher   The International Society for the Interaction of Mechanics andMathematics has a long-standing and respected tradition of hosting symposia that provide a forum for disseminating new developments and methods. Trends in Applications of Mathematics to Mechanics represents the proceedings of the eleventh such symposium, held at the University of Nice in May 1998Comprising invited lectures and refereed papers, this volume includes recent results that open perspectives on fields in mechanics and their methodological counterparts in mathematics. It also surveys important advances in the areas where mathematics and mechanics interact. The applications addressed include: