Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Biomechanics

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Editor-in-Chief

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           André Ferreira Costa Vieira
       Departamento de Engenharia Eletromecânica
         Universidade da Beira Interior. Convento de Sto. António.6201-001 Covilhã. Portugal.
          andre.costa.vieira@ubi.pt 

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S. S. Sharma
Department of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering
Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, India-576104
ss.sharma@manipal.edu

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Associate Editors

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Elza Maria Morais Fonseca
Instituto Politécnico do Porto, (IPP)
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP), 4249-015 Porto, Portugal 
elz@isep.ipp.pt,  elzfon@gmail.com

 António Manuel de Amaral Monteiro Ramos      
University of Aveiro, Departament of Mechanical Engineering
Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro
a.ramos@ua.pt

Renato Manuel Natal Jorge   
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Applied Mechanics Section
Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n 4200-465 Porto PORTUGAL
rnatal@fe.up.pt

Jinyang Xu
School of Mechanical Engineering,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
No.800, Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
xujinyang@sjtu.edu.cn

Zilda de Castro Silveira
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of São Paulo,
Avenida Trabalhador são-carlense, 400, Pq ArnoldSchimidt.
CEP 13566-590 - São Carlos – SP, Brazil
 silveira@sc.usp.br

Paulo Jorge Da Silva Bartolo
The University of Manchester, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering Division
Oxford Rd, Manchester M13 9PL – United Kingdom
paulojorge.dasilvabartolo@manchester.ac.uk

          Ramiro Martins
          Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering,
          Portugal
           rmartins@inegi.up.pt

          Jorge Belinha
          Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering,
          Portugal
           jorge.belinha@fe.up.pt

          Ricardo De Medeiros 
          Santa Catarina State University, Brazil
           ricardo.medeiros@udesc.br

          Marcelo Leite Ribeiro
          University of São Paulo,
          Brazil
           malribei@usp.br

          Mariana Doina Banea
          Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca,
          Brazil
           mdbanea@gmail.com

          Maira Martins da Silva
          University of São Paulo,
          Brazil
           mairams@sc.usp.br

          João Ribeiro
          Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Portugal
           jribeiro@ipb.pt

Balaram Kundu
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700 032, India
bkundu123@rediffmail.com

Maki k. Habib
Mechanical Engineering Department
School of Sciences and Engineering
The American University in Cairo,New Cairo 11835,Egypt
maki@aucegypt.edu   

Ahmed Kadhim Hussein
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
College of Engineering,University of Babylon,
Babylon City, Hilla, Republic of Iraq,
ahmedkadhim7474@gmail.com

Vimal Kumar Pathak
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Manipal University Jaipur, Rajasthan,
vimalkumar.pathak@jaipur.manipal.edu

Jagannath Rao Korody
Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering,
Manipal Institute of Technology,
Manipal University, Manipal
korodyjagan@gmail.com

Kamal Sharma
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)
Mumbai, 400085, Maharastra, India
kamals@barc.gov.in

N.S. Mohan
Department of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering,
Manipal Institute of Technology,
Manipal, Karnataka, India - 576104
ns.mohan@manipal.edu