International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design

期刊简介：It is the objective of this journal to provide an effective medium for the dissemination of recent advances and original works in mechanics and materials' engineering and their impact on the design process in an integrated, highly focused and coherent format. The goal is to enable mechanical, aeronautical, civil, automotive, biomedical, chemical and nuclear engineers, researchers and scientists to keep abreast of recent developments and exchange ideas on a number of topics relating to the use of mechanics and materials in design.Analytical synopsis of contents:The following non-exhaustive list is considered to be within the scope of the International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design:Intelligent Design:Nano-engineering and Nano-science in Design;Smart Materials and Adaptive Structures in Design;Mechanism(s) Design;Design against Failure;Design for Manufacturing;Design of Ultralight Structures;Design for a Clean Environment;Impact and Crashworthiness;Microelectronic Packaging Systems.Advanced Materials in Design:Newly Engineered Materials;Smart Materials and Adaptive Structures;Micromechanical Modelling of Composites;Damage Characterisation of Advanced/Traditional Materials;Alternative Use of Traditional Materials in Design;Functionally Graded Materials;Failure Analysis: Fatigue and Fracture;Multiscale Modelling Concepts and Methodology;Interfaces, interfacial properties and characterisation.Design Analysis and Optimisation:Shape and Topology Optimisation;Structural Optimisation;Optimisation Algorithms in Design;Nonlinear Mechanics in Design;Novel Numerical Tools in Design;Geometric Modelling and CAD Tools in Design;FEM, BEM and Hybrid Methods;Integrated Computer Aided Design;Computational Failure Analysis;Coupled Thermo-Electro-Mechanical Designs.

【译文】本期刊旨在提供一个有效的平台，用于传播力学和材料工程领域最新的进展和原创作品，以及它们对设计过程的影响。目标是使机械、航空、土木、汽车、生物医学、化学和核工程师、研究人员和科学家能够跟上最新的发展，并在与力学和材料在设计中的应用相关的多个主题上交流思想。