NEWS
7 July 2010: Highest ever Impact Factor
The Impact Factor for Journal of Strain Analysis has once again increased to 0.748 for 2009, the highest obtained by the Journal to date.
19 May 2010: Fast-track Communications
The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design welcomes: Fast-track Communications, a new manuscript type. These are short articles of outstanding quality reporting timely developments in the field of strain analysis and design. See our instructions for authors for further details.
12 May 2010: New member of the Editorial Board
We welcome Professor Francois Hild from LMT-Cachan in France to the Editorial Board of the Journal of Strain Analysis.
6 April 2010: New member of the Editorial Board
We welcome Professor Yoshiaki Akiniwa from Yokohama National University in Japan to the Editorial Board of the Journal of Strain Analysis.
31 March 2010: New member of the Editorial Board
This month we welcome Professor Soon-Bok Lee from KAIST in Korea to the Editorial Board of the Journal of Strain Analysis.
26 March 2010: PE Publishing Prize 2009
The PE Publishing Prize for the best paper published in the Journal of Strain Analysis in 2009 has been awarded to F A Diaz, E A Patterson and J R Yates for their paper Assessment of effective stress intensity factors using thermoelastic stress analysis. The paper was published in Volume 44, issue JSA7, pages 621-632, and is available free online (please note, if a Board member is a co-author on a paper nominated for a prize, the Board member will abstain from participation in the decision making process).
26 March 2010: CEGB Prize 2009
The CEGB Prize was presented to A T DeWald and M R Hill for the following pair of papers: Eigenstrain-based model for prediction of laser peening residual stresses in arbitrary three-dimensional bodies. Part 1: model description published in Volume 44, issue JSA1, pages 1-11 and Eigenstrain-based model for prediction of laser peening residual stresses in arbitrary three-dimensional bodies. Part 2: model verification published in Volume 44, issue JSA1, pages 13-27. Both papers are available free online.
19 September 2009: Strain and Deformation in Nanoscale Objects
This Special Section of four papers is now online and has been made free to view for a limited period. To go straight to the Issue, click here (opens a new window). To read the Editorial written by Professor Eann Patterson, please click here (opens a PDF file).
01 July 2009: Highest ever Impact Factor
The 2008 Impact Factor for Journal of Strain Analysis is 0.626, the highest obtained by the Journal to date.
02 June 2009: New Special Issue on Analysis of High Strain Rate, Impact and Shock Loading
Professor Clive Scivour, University of Oxford, is Guest Editing a Special Issue of the Journal of Strain Analysis. The issue title is Analysis of High Strain Rate, Impact and Shock Loading, and publication is planned for late 2010.
06 May 2009: Donald Julius Groen Prize 2008
The Structural Technology and Materials Group of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers has awarded the Donald Julius Groen Prize to MB Silva, et al. for their paper Single-point incremental forming and formability-failure diagrams. The paper was published in Volume 43, issue JSA1, pages 15 to 36.
19 March 2009: New Special Issue on the Mechanics of Micro-Deformation, Texture and Failure
Professor Fionn Dunne and Dr Angus Wilkinson, University of Oxford, together with Professor David Rugg, Rolls-Royce, are Guest Editing a Special Issue of the Journal of Strain Analysis. The issue title is The Mechanics of Micro-Deformation, Texture and Failure, and publication is planned for early 2010.
06 March 2009: PE Publishing Prize 2008
The PE Publishing Prize for the best paper published in the Journal of Strain Analysis in 2008 has been awarded to Z-H Xu, X-D Li, MA Sutton and N Li for their paper Drift and spatial distortion elimination in atomic force microscopy images by the digital image correlation technique. The paper was published in Volume 43, issue JSA8, pages 729–743, and is available free online.
06 March 2009: CEGB Prize 2008
The CEGB Prize was presented to A H Yaghi, T H Hyde, AA Becker and W Sun for their paper Finite element simulation of welding and residual stresses in a P91 steel pipe incorporating solid-state phase transformation and post-weld heat treatment. The paper was published in Volume 43, issue JSA5, pages 275–293, and is available free online.
01 January 2009: New Deputy Editor for Journal of Strain Analysis
Professor Fionn Dunne today becomes the Deputy Editor of the Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design. He succeeds Professor David Hills, who will continue to sit on the Editorial Board. We thank Professor Hills for his efforts as Deputy Editor, and wish Professor Dunne the best of luck!
01 January 2009: New members of the Editorial Board
We welcome two new members to the Editorial Board of the Journal of Strain Analysis this month: Professor Kapoor from the International Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences Swinburne University of Technology; and Professor Komorowski of the NRC Institute for Aerospace Research.
17 December 2008: Special Issue on RESIDUAL STRAIN ANALYSIS
This Special Issue is now online and has been made free to view for a limited period. To go straight to the Special Issue, click here (opens a new window). To read the Guest Editorial written by the Guest Editors, Professors Alexander Korsunsky and David Hills, please click here (opens a PDF file).
01 December 2008: New members of the Editorial Board
We welcome two new members to the Editorial Board of the Journal of Strain Analysis this month: Professor Shan Fu from the Aerospace Vehicle Simulation and Test Centre, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; and Professor Naik of the Aerospace Engineering Department, IIT Powai.
01 November 2008: New members of the Editorial Board
We welcome four new members to the Editorial Board of the Journal of Strain Analysis this month: Professor Ramesh from the Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT Madras; Professor Rowlands of the College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Professor Shen from the School of Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; and Professor Xie of the Institute of Solid Mechanics, Tsinghua University.
24 October 2008: Special Issue on IMAGE CORRELATION METHODS
This Special Issue is now online and has been made free to view for a limited period. To go straight to the Special Issue, click here (opens a new window). To read the Guest Editorial written by the Guest Editor, Professor Michael A. Sutton, please click here (opens a PDF file).
27 September 2008: Retiring member of the Editorial Board
We thank Professor Michel, Fraunhofer Institute IZM Berlin, for his service on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Strain Analysis and wish him luck for the future.
30 July 2008: Special Issue in Honour of Emeritus Professor Peter Stanley: THERMAL TECHNIQUES FOR STRESS ANALYSIS AND DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
This Special Issue is now online and has been made free to view for a limited period. To go straight to the Special Issue, click here (opens a new window). To read the Guest Editorial written by the Guest Editor, Professor Janice Dulieu-Barton, please click here (opens a PDF file).
08 July 2008: PE Publishing Prize 2007
The PE Publishing Prize for the best paper published in the Journal of Strain Analysis in 2007 has been awarded to Y El-Saeid Essa, J Lopez-Puente and JL Perez-Castellano for their paper Numerical simulations and experimental study of a mechanism for Hopkinson bar test interruption. The paper was published in Volume 42, issue JSA3, pages 163–172, and is available free online.
08 July 2008: CEGB Prize 2007
The CEGB Prize was presented to JE Nuñez and G Glinka for their paper Analysis of creep induced strains and stresses in notches subjected to cyclic load. The paper was published in Volume 42, issue JSA5, pages 361–376, and is available free online.
31 December 2007 2008: Retiring member of the Editorial Board
We thank Professor Gunnar Härkegård, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, for his service on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Strain Analysis and wish him luck for the future.
11 July 2007: Complete history of JSA now online
The entire collection of papers published in the Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, back to Volume 1, Issue 1, in 1965. Subscribers can view the content at no additional cost by clicking here (opens a new window). Alternatively, papers can be viewed on a pay-per-view basis. To celebrate this event, the entire content of the first volume is free to view (opens a new window).
10 July 2007: Engineering Open Choice launched
Authors of papers accepted for publication in the Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design can now opt to make their articles open access. Our new service, Engineering Open Choice, will ensure that published research is freely accessible throughout the world.
29 May 2007: Special Issue on MULTISCALE MODELLING IN MATERIALS PROCESSING
This Special Issue is now online and has been made free to view for a limited period. To go straight to the Special Issue, click here (opens a new window). To read the Guest Editorial written by the Guest Editor, Dr Fionn Dunne, please click here (opens a PDF file).
19 May 2007: New member of the Editorial Board
We welcome a new member of the Editorial Board to the Journal of Strain Analysis this month: Professor Michel from the Fraunhofer Institute IZM Berlin.
7 February 2007: PE Publishing Prize 2006
The PE Publishing Prize for the best paper published in the Journal of Strain Analysis in 2006 has been awarded to B Keller and M Kleiner for their paper Semi-analytical process modelling and simulation of air bending. The paper was published in Volume 41, issue JSA1, pages 57–80, and is available free online.
7 February 2007: CEGB Prize 2006
The CEGB Prize was presented to AM Korsunsky for his paper Residual elastic strain due to laser shock peening: modelling by eigenstrain distribution. The paper was published in Volume 41, issue JSA3, pages 195–204, and is available free online.
01 January 2007: Journal of Strain Analysis has a new URL
Did you know that the Journal of Strain Analysis can also be accessed on the URL www.journalofstrainanalysis.co.uk. Please bookmark it for future reference.