Contents

Doklady Physics

Vol. 62, No. 5, 2017

A simultaneous English language translation of this journal is available from Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
Distributed worldwide by Springer. Doklady Physics ISSN 1028-3358.

Physics

Properties of Low-Resistance Joints between HTS Tape Conductors Prepared by Soldering

A. V. Troitskii, A. V. Markelov, A. A. Molodyk, T. E. Demikhov, L. Kh. Antonova, G. N. Mikhailova, B. P. Mikhailov and D. V. Prosvirnin p. 233  abstract

Effect of Mechanical Deformations on the Growth of Crystals (According to Atomic Force Microscopy Data)

N. N. Piskunova and Academician A. M. Askhabov p. 236  abstract

An Improved Way of Minimizing Free Energy in the Variational Method with the Square Well Reference System

N. E. Dubinin, V. V. Filippov, A. A. Yuryev and Academician N. A. Vatolin p. 240  abstract

Mechanics

Micromechanics of Plastic Deformation through Paired Twinning in Nanomaterials and Polycrystals

Academician N. F. Morozov, I. A. Ovid’ko and N. V. Skiba p. 244  abstract

Modeling of Quasi-Equilibrium States of a Two-Dimensional Ideal Fluid

P. A. Perezhogin and Academician V. P. Dymnikov p. 248  abstract

Mechanism of Reducing Effective Dry Friction under Shock and Vibration Effects (to Theory of Technogenic Seismic Sources)

I. I. Blekhman, Academician L. A. Vaisberg and V. B. Vasilkov p. 253  abstract

Experimental Determination of Damping of Plate Vibrations in a Viscous Fluid

A. G. Egorov, A. M. Kamalutdinov, A. N. Nuriev and V. N. Paimushin p. 257  abstract

New Cases of Integrable Systems with Dissipation on a Tangent Bundle of a Multidimensional Sphere

M. V. Shamolin p. 262  abstract

Hydrodynamic Instability in Ohmic Regimes with Imperfect Electric Membranes

G. S. Ganchenko, E. N. Kalaydin, S. Chakraborty and E. A. Demekhin p. 266  abstract

The “Paradox” of a Brake Pad

Academician V. Ph. Zhuravlev p. 271  abstract

Astronomy, Astrophysics, Cosmology

Three-Dimensional Model of the Irradiance of Cometary Nuclei: Using the Nucleus of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko as an Example

Academician M. Ya. Marov, A. V. Rusol and V. A. Dorofeeva p. 273  abstract

Energy

Generalized Clearness Index Frequency Curves for the Russian Federation

S. E. Frid, O. S. Popel, N. V. Lisitskaya and S. V. Kiseleva p. 278  abstract