FOR AUTHORS
The Georgian Committee of the
International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science (IFToMM) has established the reviewed and reported
International Scientific Journal “PROBLEMS OF APPLIED MECHANICS” on June 23,
2000.
BY
decision of the Executive Council of IFToMM (
Accordingly, by decision of the
Executive council of IFToMM (August 30-31, 2003,
The journal is periodical and
published four times a year; manuscripts are being submitted in English.
The manuscripts submitted for
publication must satisfy the following requirements:
1. The maximum size
of the paper is determined by 6-25 typed pages on A4 page format with line
drawings, graphics, tables and references (not more than 25). References should
be drowned strictly by ISO standard (See appendix 1).
2. While preparing
the paper on the computer the following requirements must be satisfied:
a) The paper must be
prepared in Microsoft Word - using the redactor for the tables and
formulae;
b) Margins: top - 35
mm, bottom - 25 mm, left - 25 mm, right - 20 mm;
c) The line drawings
in TIF or PCX format;
d) Papers are being
printed in Times New Roman. ttf;
e) Font size: 14 -
for the title; 13 - for the name and surname of the author; 13 - for the
positional place of work and organization where the work had been carried out –
in brackets; 12 - for the abstracts in italics; 12 - for the keywords; 12 - for
the text with 1,5 interval; 12 - after references should have the abstract in
Russian; the abstract should have the title of the paper, author’(s) (authors’)
name and surname;
3. The paper must be
submitted on floppy disk and one copy printed on format A4;
4. In addition, the
paper should have English and Russian summaries on separate page;
5. The summary
should not exceed 15-20 lines. The summary should have the title of the paper,
author’s (authors’) name and surname;
6. Works must be
represented according
to the following courses of the Journal (See appendix 2) and the scientific
course should be indicated in the paper;
7. The paper should
be accompanied with the information about the author(s): scientific degree and
rank, occupation, address, (home, office, institute), telephone, fax, e-mail.
8. The manuscripts must be prepared grammatically, without
stylistic and technical mistakes, besides, the pictures and the photographs
should be of high quality;
9. The author(s) are
wholly responsible for the contents and the quality of the work;
10. The paper, submitted for publication is being given to a
famous scientist-specialist of the corresponding field of science for a review,
and only on the occasion of the positive review it will be accepted for
publication in the journal;
11. The Journal is
financially self-supported; web-page: http://www.iftomm.org (and select
publications); or http://www.pam.edu.ge
12. Each author gets
one journal for one scientific paper;
13. Aforementioned
requirements are necessary for the scientific work to be accepted.
For more information contact:
Address: Prof. Nodar
Davitashvili.
Tel.: +995 32 2545597; Tel./Fax: +995
32 2252625; E-mail: nodav@pam.edu.ge
APPENDIX 1
THE REFERENCES ON
THE ISO STANDARD
References to other
publications must be given in alphabetical order or as they apper
in the text. At the end of the article a reference list must be given as
follows:
For books (monographs): surname; initials; title;
place of publication; publisher; year; pages. Example:
[1] Davitashvili
N.S., Sharashenidze G.S. Bases of dynamic analysis of
a lever system for the braking of railcars.
[2] Casson
M. Alternatives to the Multinational
For Journals: surname;
initials; title; double flashes which divide the title of a paper and the name
of the journal (conference, symposium, etc.); place of publications; year;
volume; number; pages. Example:
[3] Baranov G.V., Martinenko Z.S.
Dynamic analysis of hinged mechanisms// Problems of Applied Mechanics.
[4] Fox S. Empowerment as a
catalyst for change: an example from food industry //Supply Chain Management. 1994.
Vol. 2, No 3,
pp. 29-33.
For Patents: title; country;
number; double flashes which divide; author; place of publication; year. Example:
[5] Transformation
mechanism of motion. Patent of
APPENDIX 2
SCIENTIFIC FIELDS OF THE JOURNAL “PROBLEMS OF MECHANICS”
History of Mechanics
Theory of Mechanics
Gyrodynamics
Vibrations
Control of mechanical systems
Analysis and synthesis of
mechanisms
Design of mechanisms and
machines
Kinematics and Dinamics of
mechanisms and multi-body systems
Tribology
Reliability
Biomechanics
Mechatronics
Robots and Manipulators
Micro-machines
Mechanical transmissions
Kinetoelastodynamics of
machinery
Experimental mechanics
Magneto-/Hidro-/Aero-mechanics
Industrial machinery and
applications
Computational kinematics
CAD Techniques
New desing of machines
Testing of prototypes and machinery
Applications