Aims and Scope

Acta Mechanica Sinica (AMS) is an international journal founded in 1985,published by Springer, and sponsored by the Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (CSTAM).

The Journal aims to report recent developments in mechanics and other related fields of research. It covers all disciplines in the field of theoretical and applied mechanics, including solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, dynamics and control, and biomechanics. It explores analytical, computational and experimental progresses in all areas of mechanics.The Journal also encourages research in interdisciplinary subjects, and serves as a bridge between mechanics and other branches of engineering and sciences.

Each issue of the Journal provides three regular sections: (1) invited articles,(2) full length papers, and (3) discussions.

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Acta Mechanica Sinica is published 6 times a year. Volume 35 (6 issues) will be published in 2019.

ISSN: 0567-7718 print

ISSN: 1614-3116 electronic

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Publication Information

Owned by: The Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics and Institute of Mechanics,Chinese Academy of Sciences Published by: Springer Editorial off ice of Acta Mechanica Sinica No.15 Beisihuanxi Road,Beijing 100190, China Tel.: +86-10-62536271

E-mail: actams@cstam.org.cn

Managing Editor: Haixuan Chen

Press Correctors: Haixuan Chen,Fei Cong, Jingyan Li, Yewen Zhang

Assistant Editors: Fei Cong, Jingyan Li,Yewen Zhang

Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted to:http://www.springer.com/10409 or http://ams.cstam.org.cn