''The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics'' is a quarterly,
peer-reviewed
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scientific journal
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Content
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covering research on
classical mechanics
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and
applied mathematics
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. The
editors-in-chief
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are P. W. Duck, P. A. Martin and N. V. Movchan. The journal was established in 1948 to meet a need for a separate English journal that publishes articles focusing on
classical mechanics
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only, in particular, including
fluid mechanics
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It has applications in a wide range of disciplines, including mechanical, aerospace, civil, chemical and bio ...
and
solid mechanics
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, that were usually published in journals like ''
Proceedings of the Royal Society
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* Series A: for papers in physical sciences and mathematics.
* Series B: for papers in life s ...
'' and ''
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
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''.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in,
References
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