The
Journal was founded in 1952 by Rodney Hill, who was its Editor-in-Chief until
1968. The topics of interest to the Journal evolve with developments in the
subject but its basic ethos remains the same: to publish research of the
highest quality relating to the mechanics of solids. Thus, emphasis is placed
on the development of fundamental concepts of mechanics and novel applications
of these concepts based on theoretical, experimental or computational
approaches, drawing upon the various branches of engineering science and the
allied areas within applied mathematics, materials science, structural
engineering, applied physics, and geophysics. The main purpose of the Journal
is to foster scientific understanding of the processes of deformation and
mechanical failure of all solid materials, both technological and natural, and
the connections between these processes and their underlying physical
mechanisms. In this sense, the content of the Journal should reflect the
current state of the discipline in analysis, experimental observation, and
numerical simulation. In the interest of achieving this goal, authors are
encouraged to consider the significance of their contributions for the field of
mechanics and the implications of their results, in addition to describing the
details of their work.
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