Editorial of 10-years Anniversary of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.taml.2022.100328

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It has been ten years since 2011 when the first issue of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters (TAML) came out. To date,TAML has published over 700 articles and 30 special issues covering a broad range of topics in mechanics. Such great achievements are even not possible without the continued dedication and support from authors, reviewers and editors. At this very special moment, I would like to express my sincere thanks to all of you, and hope you will continue to devote your time and effort s to the further advances of TAML.

Newton’s classic mechanics answers the question of how macroscopic objects move, elastic materials deform and ideal fluids transport when they are subjected to varieties of forces, while Prandtl’s applied mechanics school are concerned with practical engineering problems of real viscous and plastic media. With the advent of advanced supercomputers and measuring instruments,however, modern mechanics deals with interdisciplinary issues to elucidate various macroscopic or microscopic phenomena and found broad industrial applications by integrated approaches of analysis, modeling and experiments. In particular, when techniques of artificial intelligence (AI) become mature, exiting advancements in solving more sophisticated challenging issues are underway.Hence, mechanics remains a subject with vitality and broad applications. In this context, TAML aims at providing a forum for researchers to quickly publish their cutting-edge studies of modern mechanics closely related to aerospace and aeronautical engineering, coastal and ocean engineering, environment and energy engineering, transport and biomedical engineering etc.

To celebrate TAML’s ten years anniversary, we organize this special issue including totally 15 contributions in the different research areas.

Related research progresses in solid mechanics are firstly reported in this issue. Tailoring the topological and chemical disorder enables alloy design of high strength and high toughness. Jiang and Dai [1] reviewed the literature on strength-toughening of metals with a focus on amorphous alloys and high entropy alloys. Interface engineering and bottom-up design are often employed for the design of macroscale materials from nanomaterials. He et al.[2] developed a multiscale shear-lag model for the design of layered nanocomposites. Wang and Ri [3] summarized the sampling moiré method, which is employed for vision-based non-contact deformation measurements. To reduce computational cost in analysis using finite element method, Tang and Zhu [4] proposed a strain clustering solver for domain decomposition.

Next, both model development and flow mechanism studies in fluid mechanics are arranged in this issue. Wang [5] proposed a phenomenological model for describing the bifurcation of hydroelastic waves in deep water. Zhang and Xia [6] examined different approximations for capturing the baroclinic effect in non-Boussinesq gravity currents by comparing model predictions with direct numerical simulation (DNS) results. Lu et al. [7] suggested a Lagrangian-based flame index for modeling the partially premixed flames. Zhou et al. [8] developed a multi-fidelity method for simulating high Reynolds flows around an underwater vehicle with appendages and propeller. Zhao [9] developed a three-dimensional volume-of-fluid (VOF) solver with adaptive mesh refinement in the simulation of gas-liquid two phase flows. Li et al. [10] analyzed the flow structures and energy transfer in a rotating fluid sphere.Zhang and Huang [11] studied the hydrodynamic mechanism of finlets of tuna via direct numerical simulations. Li et al. [12] considered the effects of a rigid structure on the dynamics of a pulsating bubble beneath the free surface. Wind energy is playing an important role in renewable energy system. Dong et al. [13] carried out large-eddy simulation of a utility-scale wind farm, and found that the wake of a wind farm could even persist more than 15 kilometers, which indicates that farm-farm interactions should be carefully accounted for in the design of future wind farms.

In addition, Luo et al. [14] reported a design of switchable dry adhesive based on shape memory polymer with hemispherical indenters for transfer printing. Zheng et al. [15] reviewed the research progresses in dynamics, regulatory factors and theoretical models of the biological membrane fusion process. In the end, I would sincerely thank all the authors for your contribution to this special issue.

Based on what TAML has achieved, I believe future TAML, with common arduous effort s of authors, reviewers and editorial board,is certainly having a bright vision and growing as one of the prestigious journals in the field.

Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the co-founding Editor-in-Chief of TAML. He has been engaged in the study of fluid hydrodynamics for a long time. His interests are focused on the theory and modeling in nonlinear waves,hydrodynamic stability and turbulence related to various applications in ocean and environment engineering. He was a member of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM)Assembly, chairman of the Asian Fluid Mechanics Committee(AFMC) and president of the Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (CSTAM) etc.