Dynamic Response of Granular and Porous Materials under Large and Catastrophic Deformations

A "Sonderforschungsbereich" (SFB) is a programme of the "Deutsche For­ schungsgemeinschaft" to financially support a concentrated research effort of a number of scientists located principally at one University, Research La­ boratory or a number of these situated in close proximity to one another so that active interaction among individual scientists is easily possible. Such SFB are devoted to a to...