Dynamic Characterization of Soft Materials.- Dynamic Shear Failure of Materials.- Dynamic Response of Glass-Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites Under Shock Wave Loading.- Dynamic Compressive Strengths of Polymeric Composites: Testing and Modeling.- Transverse Response of Unidirectional Composites Under a Wide Range of Confinements and Strain Rates.- Shock Loading and Failure of Fluid-filled Tubular Structures.- Impact Response and Damage Tolerance of Composite Sandwich Structures.- Failure of Polymer-Based Sandwich Composites Under Shock Loading.- Fiber-Metal Laminate Panels Subjected to Blast Loading.- Sandwich Panels Subjected to Blast Loading.- Advanced Numerical Simulation of Failure in Solids Under Blast and Ballistic Loading: A Review.- Advances in Cohesive Zone Modeling of Dynamic Fracture.