Meccanica, the official journal of the Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (AIMETA), was established in 1966 and has always published high quality research in various fields of mechanics.

Initially, the journal's aim was to internationally promote the work done by Italian researchers in mechanical sciences. As of 1991, however, Meccanica has become a truly International Journal, in which the Italian contributions find their place alongside those of other nationalities.

The primary focus of the journal is on the methodological framework shared by mechanical scientists when dealing with theoretical or applied problems. Further, attention is paid to those phenomenological aspects which are characteristic for the mechanical problem at hand.

Papers submitted to Meccanica should be original and should adequately pay attention to the various aspects of mechanical and mathematical modelling, of solution, as well as of analysis of system behaviour.

The journal addresses:
Fundamental and applications issues both in established areas of mechanics research as well as in emerging fields.
Contemporary research pertaining to areas such as general mechanics, solid and structural mechanics, fluid mechanics, and mechanics of machines.
Interdisciplinary fields at the border between different areas of mechanics, or between mechanics and other mathematical and engineering sciences, such as fluid-solid interaction; acoustic-structural coupling; thermomechanics; interaction of mechanics with dynamical systems, with advanced materials, with control, and with computation; electromechanics; biomechanics.

Editor-in-Chief:
Luigi Gambarotta, Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy

Managing Editor:
Andrea Mazzino,Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy

Assistant Editor:
Marco Lepidi, Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy


Associate Editors:
Roberto Ballarini, University of Houston, TX, USA
Katia Bertoldi, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Alessandro Bottaro, Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy
Luca Brandt, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden
Maurizio Brocchini, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
Claudia Comi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Giorgio Dalpiaz, University of Ferrara, Italy
Eugenio Dragoni, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy
Mauro Fabrizio, Università di Bologna, Italy
Eliot Fried, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Onna, Japan
Ian Frigaard, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Wei Hong, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, P.R. China
Djimedo Kondo, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
Ivana Kovacic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Nicolas Moës, Ecole Centrale de Nantes (ECN), France
Andreas Müller, JKU Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
Chérif Nouar, Université de Lorraine, Vandoeuvre Cedex, France
Antonina Pirrotta, Università di Palermo, Italy
Franck Plouraboué, Université de Toulouse, France
Elio Sacco, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Tomasz Sadowski, Lublin University of Technology, Poland
Paul Steinmann, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Mohammad I. Younis, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology KAUST, Saudi Arabia
Zaihua Wang, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, P.R. China


Council of AIMETA (2018-2021):
Stefano Lenci (President), Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
Paolo Luchini (Vice President), Università di Salerno, Fisciano, Italy
Walter d'Ambrogio (Secretary), Università dell'Aquila, Italy
Umberto Perego (Treasurer), Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Sandra Carillo, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
Carlo Massimo Casciola, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
Fernando Fraternali, Università di Salerno, Fisciano, Italy