TO THE READERS OF THE "INZHENERNO-FIZICHESKII ZHURNAL"

The present issue of the "Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal" 
(IFZh) is thematic; it is devoted to rheology problems. The issue 
includes mainly materials of papers presented at the XXIst Symposium 
on Rheology (24-29 June 2002, Ostashkov, Tver' Region) and results 
of rheological investigations carried out at the A. V. Luikov Heat 
and Mass Transfer Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of 
the Republic of Belarus.

The good old tradition of publishing thematic issues on rheology 
problems in the journal is already more than 30 years old. It has
contributed to the development of this important trend in scientific 
research worldwide and in the CIS and has attracted fresh creative 
forces and made a valuable contribution to science and technology.

@ABSATZ6 = The success in the development of rheology was in many 
ways facilitated by the establishment of the Rheological Society named 
after A. V. Vinogradov, a bright person and a gifted scientist. The 
work he started is being actively continued by his talented disciple, 
V. G. Kulichikhin, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of 
Sciences.

I express my thanks to V. G. Kulichikhin, President of the Rheological 
Society of the CIS, and L. I. Ivanova, Academic Secretary, Cand. Sci. 
(in Engineering), for their support in creating the thematic issue. 
May the good tradition of IFZh continue further; let us wish it success.

Professor Z. P. Shul'man, Vice-President of the Rheological 
Society of the CIS, Honored Scientist of the Republic of Belarus