We all know most atomistic simulations in nanomechanics are performed on ideal materials that are not produced in laboratory and most experiments in nanomechanics are performed on materials that cannot be analyzed using atomistic simulations. Atomistic simulations indeed have a great capability in revealing a material's behavior with only constitutive law being used is that in the form of interatomic potential. The strain rate in atomistic simulations is of the order of 100000000 per sec which has not yet been achieved in any experiment or in a practical application.

Hi dear mechanicians,

I am about to publish the results of my MSc thesis in a journal. The thing is, my project was carried out in industry about multi-scale FE simulation of impact in composites. So it is merely an industry-level application of available methods.

 I want to ask if any of you have any particular journal in mind, in which publishing such a paper is rather easy (doable) and does not have a long waiting list for review??

Looking forward to your suggestions

Thanx a lot

Setareh

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I have been bugged by this question ever since I studied cauchy's stress theory 10 years ago.

In cauchy's analysis of solids, there two popular geometries.

First one is a unit cube used for deriving equations of equilibrium.

And the second one is a tetraheadon used for deriving Cauchy's stress theorem.

In both the cases limit of force equilibrium as solid geometry shrinks to a point is derived.

My question has been, how come limit of force equilibrium at a point inside a solid depenent on the path taken by limiting process.

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