Mechanism and Machine Theory

Affiliated as an official scientific journal of IFToMM

The International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF SUBJECT EDITORS

Professor Paulo Flores Professor A. Cardona, The Universidad Nacional del Litoral in Santa Fe,
Argentina
University of Minho Professor J.S. Dai, King’s College London, UK
Campus de Azurém, Guimarães, Portugal Professor A. Fuentes-Aznar, Rochester Institute of Technology, NY, USA
Email: pflores@dem.uminho.pt Professor T. Huang, Tianjing University, Beijing, China; University of
Warwick, UK
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S. Bandyopadhyay, Chennai, India EDITORS EMERITUS
Professor O. Brüls, Liége, Belgium Professor F.R.E. Crossley, North Branford, CT, USA
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Professor J. Cuadrado, Ferrol, Spain Professor J.J. Uicker, Madison, WI, USA
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Professor E. Pennestri, Rome, Italy President: Marco Ceccarelli
Professor G. Pennock, West Lafayette, IN, USA Vice-President: Shuo Hung Chang
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Professor R. Seifried, Hamburg, Germany Burkhard Corves
Professor I. Sharf, Montreal, QC, Canada Can Dede
J. Sinha, Manchester, England, UK Fernando Viadero
Professor G. Stepan, Budapest, Hungary Jean-Pierre Merlet
Professor H. Su, Columbus, OH, USA Tian Huang
Professor Y. Takeda, Tokyo, Japan Immediate Past President: Yoshihiko Nakamura
Professor D. Talbot, Columbus, OH, USA
Professor P. Velex, Lyon, France
Professor K.J. Waldron, Stanford, CA, USA
Professor J. Wallaschek, Hannover, Germany
Professor P. Wenger, Nantes, France
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