This book is a collection of papers dedicated to Professor Dr. Krzysztof Wilman ski onthe occasionof his 70thbirthday. The bookcontains25 cont- butions of his friends and colleagues. He met the invited authors at di?erent stagesofhisscienti?ccareerofalmost50yearssothatthecontributionscover a wide range of ?elds stemming from continuum mechanics. This happened at numerous universities and research institutes where he both taught and did his excellent research work, e. g. the University of Lod z, Poland, where he studied Civil Engineering and did his diploma work onElastic-plastic thermal...