Guidelines for Authors

Aim and Scope of Journal

The journal Mechanical Engineering publishes original scientific papers in Czech, Slovak, or English in the field of mechanics of solids, liquids and thermodynamics (see here). Short letters and reviews of scientific books are also published. Three copies of manuscript must be submitted to the journal.

Copyright

The article submitted to the journal is taken to imply that it presents original, unpublished work, not under consideration for publication elsewhere. The copyright covers the exclusive rights to reproduce, distribute, and translate the article, including photographic reproduction. If an article is considered as a contribution to a scientific seminar or conference, the author must inform the editorials about the name, time, and place of the conference and the title of his contribution. Articles can not be published without completing this form.

Manuscript

Language and style

The manuscript must be in English (without exceptions) from January 2004. The main text of the paper should be devided into sections and subsections and pages should be enumerated. Equations in the text can be handwritten but they must be clearly readable. Length of the paper should not exceed 20 pages (60 characters per line, 30 lines per page). Longer papers could be turned back to the author for shortening. It is recommended to send, together with the printed copies of the manuscript, also its text on disc or by e-mail. The most suitable system is TEX (AmS-TeX) but also commonly used text editors are acceptable. Otherwise, the text should be exported from other editors to ASCII (notify the coding of accented characters).

Presentation

The manuscript must consist of the following parts: title, anotation, keywords, references, and authors data.

Title. If the title is too long (max. 75 characters), it is necessary to include its brief version.

Anotation and Keywords. Anotation is a brief and factual statement of the content. It should not exceed 200 words. Furthermore, it is necessary to add 5-7 key words.

Illustrations. Illustrations in the text can be black-and-white or in the shades of grey. Illustrations must be either inserted in the text of the manuscript or attached on separate sheets. Sending illustrations in individual files of type PCX, TIF, BMP (resolution 600x600 DPI for black-and-white drawing or 150x150 DPI for greyscale illustration, size 1:1 for printing) or AI, CDR, PS (vector graphics) is welcome. When electronic version of figures is not sent, figures must be attached on separate sheets since they might be reduced to fit the proper dimension. Height of lettering and numbers must be in equivalent proportion. Photographs must be clear, of perfect technical quality. Both photographs and floppy discs will be returned to the author after publishing the article.

Lettering of figures and tables. Figures and tables should be consequently Arabic enumerated.

References. References (books, journals, proceedings respectively) should be provided on a separate sheet in the following styles:

[1] Zieler H.: An Introduction to Thermomechanics, 2nd edition, North Holand 1983, New York.

[2] Black A., Dent C.: Analysis of Crack Stability, J. Mater. Sci. 1 (1997) 274.

[3] Oliva V., Materna A., Siegl J.: 3D-modeling of Fatigue Crack Growth. In: Fractography '97, ed. L. Parilák, IMR SAS, Kosice 1997, p. 145.

List of Authors. List of authors with full addresses (name, family name, title, affiliation address) must be enclosed. E-mail address of the corresponding author is welcome.

Organizing instructions

The reception of any manuscript is confirmed to the authors in a written form. Authors of successfully reviewed papers receive the proofs and they are particularly requested to return them immediately to the editorial office. There is no financial compensation for any article.