The Journal of Mechanics and MEMS (JMM) publishes as rapidly as possible manuscripts of high standard quality original research papers and survey articles through electronic submission and reviewing. It provides a fast communication platform among researchers in all mechanics and MEMS, with particular emphasis in the integration of theory and applications. It is intended that the journal should act as an interdisciplinary forum for mechanics and its applications. Innovative applications and material that brings together diverse areas of mechanics are particularly welcome. In order to cover as wide an audience as possible, all kind of original works are encouraged.
All papers will be in peer-reviewed.
Topics covered by the JMM include (but are not limited to): • General mechanics; • Solid mechanics; • Fluid mechanics; • Structural mechanics; • Fracture mechanics; • Dynamics and vibration; • Plasticity; • Aerodynamics; • Rock mechanics; • Mechanics of Materials; • Applied mechanics; • Biomechanics; • Micro-mechanics; • Nano-mechanics; • Computational mechanics; • Mechanics devices and chips; • MEMS and NENS: Theory, design, simulation, processing, assembly and packaging; • Multiscale and multi-physics modelling and simulation and high level comprehensive review articles
MANUSCRIPTS: Manuscripts should be typewritten on one side of the durable white papers. The initial page should contain title followed by authors name and full mailing address with e-mail.
The papers should conform to the following instructions:
• Language: Manuscripts should be typed and double-spaced with ample margin on one side of 21x30 cm sheets (A4 format).
• Length: In principal, the is no limts on paper length. But prefer that a full length paper or review including figures and tables should not normally exceed 25 published pages, and a short paper should not exceed 4 pages. For a rough estimate, count 3 manuscript pages per printed page and 4 one-column figures per printed page. Space for figures, tables, and references lists, all of which are highly variable, should be estimated by comparison to closely similar material published in the Journal.
• Format: The main divisions are suggested to be arranged as follows: 1. Title page (containing: article, title, author(s), affiliation(s), and corresponding author’s address, phone number, fax number and email address); 2. Abstract (of 200 words or less); 3. Keywords (of 4 or less); 4. Main text (containing: introduction, methods of solution, results and discussion, conclusion): 5. Acknowledgements; 6. Appendices; 7. References; 8. Tables; 9. Figure captions; 10. Figures.
Abstracts are not required for short papers.
• Figures: All photographs, charts and diagrams are to be referred to as “Figures”. Photographs should be made on glossy papers with strong contrasts. Drawings of line figures should be carefully made with India ink on white drawing paper. The ink lines should be thick enough to be clearly visible after reduction. Lettering should be carefully and neatly made in ink with a stencil. Captions to figures should be typed consecutively on separate page(s) at the end of the paper.
• Tables: Tables should be typed as part of the text, but in such a way as to avoid confusion with the text. Authors should try to ensure that a single table does not overlay on to the next page.
All tables should have headings and be numbered.
• Units: Use the international system units (SI units) is obligatory. Wherever possible, equation should be written in dimension form.
• Equations: Mathematical expressions should be consecutively numbered throughout the body of the paper at the right-hand margin in parentheses. Numbering starts anew with each appendix: Appendix A:(A1),(A2), etc., Appendix B:(B1),(B2),etc. Equation numbers mentioned in the text should be enclosed in parentheses, i.e. Eq.(1), Eqs.(1),(2).
• References: References should be indicated in square bracket according to the order of appearances in the text, i.e., [1], [2~4]. The full list should be collected at the end of the paper in numeral order. Examples of layout of references are given below.
1. Brown, H. E., Amstead, B. H. and Short, E., “Temperature and Velocity Distribution and Transfer of Heat in a Liquid Metal,” J. Heat Transfer, 79, pp. 279-285 (1957).
2. Zienkiewicz, O. C., The Finite Element Method, 3rd Edition, McGraw-Hill, Maiden Head, England, pp. 45-48 (1977).
3. Chen, W. H. and Wu, C. W., “On Elastodynamic Fracture Mechanics Analysis of Bi-Material Structures Using Finite Element Method,” Proc. 4th Conf. on Theo. Appl. Mech., Taiwan, R.O.C., pp. 147-166 (1980).
4. Kobayashi, H., “Optimization of Elastic Structure,”M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Mass. Inst. Tech., Mass., U.S.A. (1972).
AFTER ACCEPTANCE: The corresponding author will be notified by the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the acceptance of the article and invited to supply an electronic version of the accepted manuscript. In the course of the production process the corresponding author will be asked to transfer the copyright of the article to the Publisher. This transfer will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information.
ELECTRONIC MANUSCRIPTS: The Journal welcomes the receipt of an electronic version of your accepted manuscript. It can be submitted on a diskette enclosed with the accepted manuscript. The name and version of the word-processing program and the type of operating system should clearly be indicated on the disk label. Please note that no deviations from the version accepted by the Editor of the Journal are permissible without the prior and explicit approval by the Editor. Such changes should be clearly indicated on an accompanying printout of the file. More detailed guidelines and further information are available from the editorial office.
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