Journal of Experimental & Applied Mechanics

Journal of Experimental & Applied Mechanics is a peer-reviewed hybrid open-access journal launched in 2010 focused on the rapid publication of fundamental research papers on all areas of Experimental & Applied Mechanics.

• • Experimental Mechanics: Strain and deformation measurement, digital image correlation, photoelasticity, mechanical testing of materials, orthogonal nanometric machining, chip temperature measurement, experimental validation of numerical models.
  • Solid Mechanics: Linear and nonlinear elasticity, applied elasticity, elastic stability, energy methods, calculus of variations, plastic flow, constitutive equations, mechanical properties of materials, fracture and fatigue.
  • Continuum and Structural Mechanics: Beam theory, plate theory, homogenization, ship structures, structural optimization.
  • Computational Mechanics: Finite element method, numerical solution of partial differential equations, computational modeling of plasticity, molecular dynamics simulation of crystalline solids.
  • Fluid Mechanics: Mathematical description of fluid flows, liquid and gas dynamics, blood flow, plasma flows.
  • Thermomechanics: Coupled thermal and mechanical behavior, thermal stress, phenomenological thermomechanical models, pebble bed and ceramic breeder behavior, solid breeder blanket design.
  • Analytical Mechanics: Analytical dynamics, Lagrangian equations, variational principles, rigid body dynamics, finite rotation, relative motion.