THEORETICAL AND APPLIED FRACTURE MECHANICS

理论和应用断裂力学的目标和范围已重新设计，以涵盖与任何类型的材料/组件/结构在微观、中微观和宏观层面上发生的开裂相关现象相关的理论、应用和数值方面。该期刊旨在涵盖材料/部件/结构在涉及独立于时间和随时间变化的外力/力矩系统（例如，准静态、脉冲、冲击、爆破、蠕变、接触和疲劳荷载）的情况下的开裂/机械行为。由于在上述情况下，开裂材料/部件/结构的机械性能也会受到环境条件的影响，因此该期刊还将考虑那些研究外部变量影响的理论/实验研究工作，例如腐蚀环境的影响。从高温/低温开始。该期刊还将考虑评估现代和替代应用中使用的新材料开裂性能的技术文章，即，不仅与工程严格相关。此外，表面工程领域最先进的技术发现被视为对材料的开裂/机械性能有很大影响。因此，从理论和实验角度研究上述方面与材料开裂行为之间的现有相互作用的技术文章将被考虑出版。对轴颈感兴趣现象的建模可以基于传统的线性弹性/弹塑性断裂力学概念以及新颖（或新兴）理论。该杂志热衷于发表新的/替代的建模/设计方法，前提是这些创新理论是基于最先进的知识，并且在可能的情况下，通过适当的实验结果进行验证。更一般地说，裂纹起着应力/应变集中器的作用。因此，期刊非常热衷于研究不同应力/应变集中体（如缺陷、均质体中的微观结构以及最重要的任何缺口）对材料/部件/结构的力学性能的影响，以供出版。更详细地说，理论和应用断裂力学的一个新特点是定期发布问题，系统地解决缺口力学问题。在这种情况下，对于那些涉及裂纹的研究，这些特殊问题将不仅考虑传统的问题，而且还将考虑受时间独立和时间相关荷载的创新材料。现代计算机日益增强的计算能力强烈地鼓励科学界开发新的方法，适用于模拟含有任何应力/应变集中体（即不仅裂纹和缺口，还包括缺陷和微观结构）的材料/部件/结构的力学行为。遗传学）。因此，理论断裂力学和应用断裂力学的目标是通过完全集中于计算力学的常规问题，发表那些涉及理论/计算方面的技术文章，从而在微观、中微观和宏观层面上对材料和结构的行为进行有效和准确的建模。包含任何类型的应力/应变增加器的URE。根据描述理论和应用断裂力学的新目标和范围，期刊将根据以下主题进行组织：完全符合期刊宗旨和范围的技术文章的杂文；研究缺口力学领域的技术文章；专门研究计算力学方面的技术文章；主题线程，由专家编辑的来宾，其中感兴趣的主题不一定在单个问题中解决：这将创建一系列问题，显示多年来在断裂/缺口/计算力学学科的特定领域取得的进展。主题将不仅由编辑委员会成员客座编辑，而且如上文所述，由主要专家客座编辑。在这种情况下，编辑委员会有兴趣考虑由愿意担任客座编辑的主要专家直接提出的可能主题。最后，期刊将考虑出版特别议题，其中包括在重要国际会议上提交的高级别论文的扩展版本。然而，提交实验性质论文的作者应在提交的论文中包含原始数据，以支持所提出的研究结果。本要求的目的是：（1）防止伪造试验数据；（2）减少试验数据的错误陈述。

Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics' aims & scopes have been re-designed to cover both the theoretical, applied, and numerical aspects associated with those cracking related phenomena taking place, at a micro-, meso-, and macroscopic level, in materials/components/structures of any kind.The journal aims to cover the cracking/mechanical behaviour of materials/components/structures in those situations involving both time-independent and time-dependent system of external forces/moments (such as, for instance, quasi-static, impulsive, impact, blasting, creep, contact, and fatigue loading). Since, under the above circumstances, the mechanical behaviour of cracked materials/components/structures is also affected by the environmental conditions, the journal would consider also those theoretical/experimental research works investigating the effect of external variables such as, for instance, the effect of corrosive environments as well as of high/low-temperature. The journal will also consider technical articles assessing the cracking behaviour of new materials used in modern and alternative applications, i.e., not only strictly related to engineering. Further, the most advanced technological findings in the surface engineering field are seen to strongly influence the cracking/mechanical behaviour of materials. Accordingly, technical articles investigating, both from a theoretical and an experimental point of view, the existing interactions between the above aspects and the material cracking behaviour will be considered for publication.The modelling of the phenomena of interest for the Journal can be based on the conventional linear-elastic/elasto-plastic Fracture Mechanics concepts as well as on novel (or emerging) theories. The journal is keen to publish new/alternative modelling/design approaches, provided that such innovative theories are soundly based on the state-of-the-art knowledge and, when possible, validated through appropriate experimental results.In more general terms, cracks act as stress/strain concentrators. Accordingly, the Journal is very keen to consider for publication also those studies investigating the effect on the mechanical behaviour of materials/components/structures of different kinds of stress/strain concentrators such as defects, microstructural in-homogeneities, and, above all, notches of any kind. In more detail, one of the new features of Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics is releasing regular issues addressing, in a systematic way, the notch mechanics problem. In this setting, as for those studies involving cracks, such special issues will consider not only conventional, but also innovative materials subjected to both time-independent and time-dependent loading.The increasing computational power of modern computers is strongly encouraging the scientific community to develop novel methodologies suitable for modelling the mechanical behaviour of materials/components/structures containing any kind of stress/strain concentrators (i.e., not only cracks and notches, but also defects and microstructural in-homogeneities). Accordingly, Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics aims to publish, through regular issues fully focussed on computational mechanics, also those technical articles addressing the theoretical/computational aspects leading to an efficient and accurate modelling of the behaviour, at a micro-, meso-, and macroscopic level, of materials and structures containing stress/strain raisers of any kind.In light of the new aims and scopes characterising Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, the journal will be organised according to the following topical issues:Miscellany of technical articles fully meeting the aims and scopes of the journal;Technical articles investigating the notch mechanics field;Technical articles devoted to the computational mechanics aspects;Themed threads, guest-edited by experts, where the themes of interest could not necessarily be addressed in a single issue: this would create a string of issues showing, over years, the progresses made in a specific area of the Fracture/Notch/Computational Mechanics discipline.The themed threads will be guest-edited not only by the Members of the Editorial Board, but also, as mentioned above, by leading experts. In this setting, the Editorial Boards is interested in considering possible topics directly suggested by leading experts also willing to act as guest-editors. Finally, the Journal will consider the publication of special issues containing the extended version of high-level papers presented at prominent international conferences.However, authors submitting papers of an experimental nature should include raw data with their submissions in order to support the findings being presented. The purpose of this requirement is to (1) Guard against falsifying test data and (2) Mitigate the misrepresentation of test data.