期刊名称：INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FRACTURE
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
The International Journal of Fracture is an outlet for original analytical, numerical and experimental contributions which provide improved understanding of the mechanisms of micro and macro fracture in all materials, and their engineering implications.
The Journal is pleased to receive papers from engineers and scientists working in various aspects of fracture. Contributions emphasizing empirical correlations, unanalyzed experimental results or routine numerical computations, while representing important necessary aspects of certain fatigue, strength, and fracture analyses, will normally be discouraged; occasional review papers in these as well as other areas are welcomed. Innovative and in-depth engineering applications of fracture theory are also encouraged.
In addition, the Journal welcomes, for rapid publication, concise Letters in Fracture and Micromechanics which serve the Journal's Objective. Letters include: Brief presentation of a new idea, concept or method; new experimental observations or methods of significance; short notes of quality that do not amount to full length papers; discussion of previously published work in the Journal, and Letters Errata.
Instructions to Authors
Objective
The International Journal of Fracture is an outlet for original theoretical or experimental contributions which provide a better understanding of the mechanisms that cause micro and macro fracture in all materials, and their engineering implications.
Contributions
The journal is pleased to receive papers and notes from engineers and scientists working in various aspects of fracture. Contributions emphasizing empirical correlations under unanalyzed experimental results, while representing important and necessary aspects of certain fatigue, strength, and fracture analyses, will normally be discouraged; occasional review papers in these as well as other areas are welcomed. All such contributions are subject to critical review prior to acceptance and publication.
In addition, the Journal welcomes concise letters in fracture and micro-mechanics, announcements of activities which serve the Journal objectives, and related material. Letters in fracture and micro-mechanics include brief statements of work in progress or recently completed, as opposed to formal technical notes. Requests for, or offers of specific types of experimental or analytical results are welcome, as is discussion of work published in the Journal. Summaries of work published or to appear elsewhere will be rejected. Individual reports may include tentative results, and the Journal either assumes nor places upon the authors responsibility for ultimate accuracy of such data when so identified.
Manuscript Submission
Online Manuscript Submission
Kluwer Academic Publishers now offers authors, editors and reviewers of International Journal of Fracture the option of using our fully web-enabled online manuscript submission and review system. To keep the review time as short as possible (no postal delays!), we encourage authors to submit manuscripts online to the journal's editorial office. Our online manuscript submission and review system offers authors the option to track the progress of the review process of manuscripts in real time. Manuscripts should be submitted to: http://frac.edmgr.com
The online manuscript submission and review system for International Journal of Fracture offers easy and straightforward log-in and submission procedures. This system supports a wide range of submission file formats: for manuscripts - Word, WordPerfect, RTF, TXT and LaTex; for figures - TIFF, GIF, JPEG, EPS, PPT, and Postscript. NOTE: By using the online manuscript submission and review system, it is NOT necessary to submit the manuscript also in printout + disk.
In case you encounter any difficulties while submitting your manuscript on line, please get in touch with the responsible Editorial Assistant by clicking on "CONTACT US" from the tool bar.
Manuscript Requirements
- Only original papers will be considered, and the author(s) must provide assurance that the paper has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere.
- Name, affiliation, and full address of the author(s), and correspondence address of co-authors should be stated. The author's telephone number should be included for reports of current research.
- An Abstract should be included with papers, but not reports of current research.The abstract should be concise, indicate both the objective and the results of the research , and be a complete statement in itself." Reports of current research" are normally two to four typed pages, and longer manuscripts will be considered only as an exception.
- No formal length is set for the length of the paper, but the editors will recommend condensation where appropriate. "Reports of current research"are normally two to four typed pages, and longer manuscripts will be considered only as an exception.
- SI units should be used throughout the manuscript. If desired, English units may be added parenthetically.
- All symbols should be clearly identified on the manuscript, using marginal notation, using marginal notation or other means, to avoid confusion in typesetting.
- References should be complete and unabbreviated. Preffered forms for articles in books, journals, and reports are:
- C.F. Smith and R.J. Asaro, Elastic-plastic and asymtotic fields of interface cracks. In W.G. Knauss and A.J. Rosakis (eds.) Non-Linear Fracture - Recent Adventures. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Dordrecht (1990) pp. 101-116
- M. Ryvkin, L. Slepyan and L. Bank-Sills. On the scale effect in the thin layer delamination problem. International Journal of Fracture 71 (1995) 247-271.
- Z.P. Bazant (ed.), Current Trends in Concrete Fracture Research. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht (1991) xv + 186 pp.
- S.T. Rolfe and J.M. Barsom, Fracture and Fatigue Control in Structures. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs (1977).
- K. Palaniswamy and W.G. Knauss, On the Problem of Crack Extension in Britte Solids under General Loading. Report SM 74-8, Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (1974).
Note in particular that no abbreviations are used and that initial and closure page numbers for articles must be given.
- Figures must be photographically reproducible. Line drawings, including lettering, must be clear and sharp and should be suitable for reduction. Half-tone photographs should be of high contrast and be marked with any legend the author wishes to appear in final form. Each figure should be numbered, and a list of captions appended to the manuscript.
- In the case of reviewed articles, the publishers will send the author proofs for correction. Extensive alterations in proofs other than printer's errors may be charged to the author. Contributors to the "reports"section will be notified promptly of acceptance (or rejection) and the need for any editing. Once the "report" is in final form, it will be retyped by the editorial staff for direct reproduction by the publisher. Eventually it is expected that camera-ready "reports"will be provided by the author according to a prescribed format.
- The publisher will provide each author (or senior author) with fifty copies of his paper free of charge. Additional copies of reviewed articles may be ordered on the offprint order form which will accompany the proofs. No additional copies of "reports" may be ordered.
- Opinions advanced in papers published in the Journal are understood to be those of the respective authors and not necessarily those of the Editors or publishers.
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief:
K. Ravi Chandar
Dept. of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
Letters Editor:
M. Kachanov
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, USA E: mark.kachanov@tufts.edu
Founding Editor: M.L. Williams
Regional Editors:
L. Banks-Sills, Tel Aviv University, Israel; G.I. Barenblatt, University of California, Berkeley, USA; Z.P. Bažant, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA; B. Cotterell, Institute of Materials Research & Engineering, Singapore; D. François, Ecole Centrale, France; R.V. Goldstein, Institute for Problems of Mechanics, Moscow, Russia; H.C. Kausch, EPFL IGC I, Lausanne, Switzerland; M. Marder, University of Texas at Austin, USA; S.J. Matysiak, University of Warsaw, Poland; D. Munz, University of Karlsruhe, Germany; R. Narasimhan, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India; F. Nilsson, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden; K. Ravi-Chandar, University of Houston, USA; R. Ritchie, University of California, Berkeley, USA; L.R.F. Rose, Aeronautical Research Laboratory, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; M. Sakai, Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan; R. Schirrer, Institut Charles Sadron, France; S. Sedmak, University of Belgrade, Serbia; E. Smith, University of Manchester, UK; S. Suresh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA; Wei Yang, Tsinghua University, Beijing, PR of China
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