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The Journal of Sound and Vibration (JSV) is an independent journal devoted to the prompt publication of original papers, both theoretical and experimental, that communicates new knowledge or reviews on important aspects of sound or vibration. There is an emphasis on fundamental work that has potential for practical application within a wider context than the specific situation reported.

JSV was founded and operates on the premise that the subject of sound and vibration requires a journal that publishes papers of a high technical standard across the various subdisciplines, thus facilitating awareness of techniques and discoveries in one area that may be applicable in others.

Papers published in JSV should contain new insights of value to the acoustics and vibration community.

JSV welcomes papers in the following subject areas:
A. Active and adaptive control of sound and vibration: Analysis, design, smart structures and materials
B. Passive control of sound and vibration: Damping processes, design optimization, meta-materials, materials for optimum damping
C. Measurement techniques and hardware; transducers with sound/vibration as input or as output
D. Inverse problems in acoustics and vibration (linear); techniques for source or system identification; statistical methods
E. Engineering sources of noise and vibration (including combustion, high-speed flow, aeroacoustic or aeroelastic instabilities, and fluid machinery)
F. Structural vibration/elastic wave propagation (including fluid-loaded structures, piezoelectric materials, and granular media); Numerical modelling or physical experiments; dynamics of nano-systems*
G. Acoustics/vibroacoustics (including sound propagation in the atmosphere and ocean, structure-acoustic coupling, flow ducts, and porous materials): Numerical modelling or physical experiments
H. High-frequency approximations for wave propagation or multimode system response: Ray methods, SEA, power flow, semiclassical refinements; probabilistic descriptions of complex systems
I. Nonlinear aspects of sound and vibration; dynamical systems applications; perturbation methods; nonlinear impact dynamics, damage, fatigue and transient loads**
J. Analytical methods and modeling for linear vibration and acoustics; benchmark solutions
K. Signal processing for sound and vibration applications, including source/system identification and active control; data reduction and filtering
M. Human and biologically-related issues in sound and vibration, including human and human-induced vibrations, effects of sound and vibration on, or caused by, other living organisms***
N. Multiphysics

*Category F — Guidance Notes:
It is now part of JSV editorial policy not to consider submissions that predict the dynamics of nano-systems based on the continuum theories unless a comparison is included with either molecular simulations or experiments

** Category I — Guidance Notes:
It is now part of formalised JSV editorial policy not to publish papers whose original contribution is solely in the mathematical treatment of a system of ODEs of motion, unless the method of solution is demonstrable shown (a) to be novel and superior to existing methods or (b) to be applicable to significant physical problems in such a way that it clearly and unambiguously engenders new insights

*** Category M — Guidance Notes:
In all cases submissions should address the physics of the phenomena through appropriately advanced theoretical approaches or by experimental investigations. Submissions based on experimental work should give new insight into the physics of the system dynamics, for example by including comparison with predictions from models or numerical simulations
Areas of interest: whole body vibration, hand-arm vibration, human-structure interaction, dynamic interaction with structures, seats, hand tools, etc., sound production, auditory system
Outside of scope: empirical studies


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Rapid Communications
JSV encourage Rapid Communications and to this end one referee is sought to prepare a report on each manuscript. Referees are requested to keep to a strict timeline and in order to fast track these manuscripts a second opinion is sought from either the Editor-in-Chief, or one of the Receiving Editors, after which authors are notified of a decision.

Original full length articles, review articles, rapid communications, discussions of previously published articles in JSV and commentaries in response to discussions, book reviews and Virtual Special Issue papers.

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Editor-in-Chief
A.V. Metrikne
Delft University of Technology Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Stevinweg 1, 2600 GA, Delft, Netherlands
Deputy Editors-in-Chief
L. Cheng
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong
H. Ouyang
University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Subject Editors
R.J. Astley
University of Southampton Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University Road, SO17 1BJ, Southampton, United Kingdom
E. Carrera
Polytechnic of Turin Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, corso Duca Degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Torino, Italy
E. Chatzi
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Institute of Structural Engineering, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
J. Cheer
University of Southampton Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University Road, SO17 1BJ, Southampton, United Kingdom
G Degrande
KU Leuven Department of Civil Engineering, Kasteelpark Arenberg 40, 3001, Heverlee, Belgium
S. Felix
Acoustics Laboratory of University of Maine, 72085, Le Mans, France
O. Gottlieb
Technion Israel Institute of Technology Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, 32000, Haifa, Israel
O. Guasch
La Salle Campus Barcelona Engineering Department, Sant Joan La Salle Street, 08022, Barcelona, Spain
L. Huang
University of Hong Kong Department of Mechanical Engineering, 7/F, Haking Wong Building, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
S. Ilanko
University of Waikato School of Engineering, Gate 1 Knighton Road, Private Bag 3105, 3240, Hamilton, New Zealand
P. Joseph
University of Southampton Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University Road, SO17 1BJ, Southampton, United Kingdom
D. Juvé
Fluid Mechanics and Acoustics Laboratory, 36 Avenue Guy de Collongue, 69134, Ecully, France
M.K. Kalkowski
Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, London, United Kingdom
P.S. Keogh
University of Bath Department of Mechanical Engineering, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY, Bath, United Kingdom
I. Kovacic
University of Novi Sad Faculty of Technical Sciences, 21000, Novi Sad, Serbia
J. Lam
University of Hong Kong Department of Mechanical Engineering, 7/F, Haking Wong Building, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
I. Lopez Arteaga
University of Technology Eindhoven Department of Mechanical Engineering, PO Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, Netherlands
J. Macdonald
University of Bristol Department of Civil Engineering, Queens Building University Walk, BS8 1TR, Bristol, United Kingdom
R.E. Musafir
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Polytechnic School, 21941-914, RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil
E. Pavlovskaia
University of Aberdeen Centre for Applied Dynamics Research, Kings College, AB24 3UE, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
K. Shin
Andong National University Department of Mechanical Engineering, 388 Songcheon-Dong, 760-749, Andong, Korea, Republic of
D.J. Thompson
University of Southampton Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University Road, SO17 1BJ, Southampton, United Kingdom
P. Tiso
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Institute for Mechanical Systems, Leonhardstrasse 21, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland
I. Trendafilova
University of Strathclyde Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, James Weir Building 75 Montrose Street, G1 1XJ, Glasgow, United Kingdom
A. Tsouvalas
TU Delft, Stevinweg 1, 2600 AA, Delft, Netherlands
K. Worden
The University of Sheffield Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sir Frederick Mappin Building, Mappin Street, S3 7QB, Sheffield, United Kingdom
W. Zhu
University of Maryland Baltimore Department of Mechanical Engineering, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, Maryland, 21250, United States
Assistant Editors
O. Ganilova
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
E. Ntotsios
University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
L.J. Prendergast
University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
P. Sureshkumar
Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Book Review Editors
J.M. Muggleton
University of Southampton Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University Road, SO17 1BJ, Southampton, United Kingdom Email J.M. Muggleton
Founder
E.J. Richards
Founding Editor
P.E. Doak
Editors Emeritus
C.L. Morfey
M. Petyt
W. Soedel
M.P. Cartmell
Editorial Advisory Board
S. Adhikari
Swansea University, College of Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Bay Campus, Fabian Way, Crymlyn Burrows, SA1 8EN, Wales, United Kingdom
M. Amabili
McGill University Department of Mechanical Engineering, 817 Sherbrooke Street. West, Montréal, H3A 0C3, Quebec, Canada
F.T.K. Au
University of Hong Kong Department of Civil Engineering, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
J. Awrejcewicz
Lodz University of Technology, Department of Automation, Biomechanics and Mechatronics, 1/15 Stefanowski St, 90-924, Lodz, Poland
J.R. Banerjee, BE, MTech, PhD, DSc
City University School of Mathematics Computer Science and Engineering, Northampton Square, EC1V 0HB, London, United Kingdom
H. Bodén
Royal Institute of Technology, 100 44, Stockholm, Sweden
J. Brownjohn
University of Exeter Department of Computer Science, North Park Road, EX4 4QF, Exeter, United Kingdom
F. Chu, PhD
Tsinghua University Department of Mechanical Engineering, Qinghuayuan, 100084, Beijing, China
P. Cupial
AGH University of Science and Technology Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics, Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059, Krakow, Poland
W. Desmet
KU Leuven Department of Mechanical Engineering, Leuven, Belgium
E. Dokumaci
Dokuz Eyl�l University, 35100, ?zmir, Turkey
R.G. Dong
Engineering and Control Technology Branch,Health Effects Lab. Div.,National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, West Virginia, WV 26505, United States
H. Du
University of Wollongong, Wollongong, 2522, New South Wales, Australia
J.F. Dunne
University of Sussex, BN1 9RH, Brighton, United Kingdom
M. Eisenberger
Technion Israel Institute of Technology, 32000, Haifa, Israel
I. Elishakoff
Florida Atlantic University Department of Ocean & Mechanical Engineering, 777 W. Glades Road, Boca Raton, Florida, 33431-0991, United States
S.J. Elliott
University of Southampton Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University Road, SO17 1BJ, Southampton, United Kingdom
G. Gabard
University of Le Mans, 72085, Le Mans, France
S.A.L. Glegg
Florida Atlantic University Barry Kaye College of Business, PO Box 3091, Boca Raton, Florida, 33431-0991, United States
J.L. Guyader
National Institute of Applied Sciences of Lyon Laboratory of Vibration and Acoustics, Bâtiment St. Exupéry 25 bis av. Jean Capelle, 69621, Villeurbanne, France
P. Hagedorn
Darmstadt University of Technology Dynamics and Vibrations Group, Dolivostr. 15, 64293, Darmstadt, Germany
M. Harrison
Royal Academy of Engineering, SW1Y 5DG, London, United Kingdom
M. Heckl
Keele University School of Computing and Mathematics, ST5 5BG, Newcastle, United Kingdom
W. van Horssen
TU Delft, 2600 AA, Delft, Netherlands
H. Hu
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Institute of Vibration Engineering Research, 29 Yudao Street, 210016, Nanjing, China
A. Kahraman
The Ohio State University Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 201 West 19th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio, 43210-1142, United States
S. Kaneko
The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Engineering Faculty of Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering, 7-3-1 Hongo, 113-8656, Bunkyo-Ku, Japan
D. Kennedy
Cardiff University Cardiff School of Engineering, The Parade, CF24 0YF, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Y. Kim
Center for Noise and Vibration Control (NOVIC),Dept. of Mechanical Engineering,Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 373-1 Science Town, Daejon-shi, Korea, Republic of
V. Krylov
Loughborough University Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering, LE11 3TU, Loughborough, United Kingdom
R.S. Langley
University of Cambridge Department of Engineering, 11 JJ Thomson Avenue, CB3 0FF, Cambridge, United Kingdom
R. Lewandowski
Poznan University of Technology, 60-965, Poznan, Poland
S. Liguore
The Boeing Company, Structures Technology, Mail Code S245-1260, St. Louis, Missouri, 63166-0516, United States
R. Mickens
Clark Atlanta University Department of Physics, Box 172, Atlanta, Georgia, 30314, United States
N. Noiray
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Research Unit of Combustion and Acoustics for Power and Propulsion Systems, Zurich , Switzerland
M.P. Paidoussis
McGill University Department of Mechanical Engineering, 817 Sherbrooke Street. West, Montréal, H3A 0C3, Quebec, Canada
R. G. Parker
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Department of Mechanical Engineering, 445 Goodwin Hall635 Prices Fork Road - MC 0238, Blacksburg, 24061, Virginia, USA
B.A.T. Petersson
Technical University of Berlin, 10623, Berlin, Germany
S.W. Rienstra
University of Technology Eindhoven Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, P.O. Box 513, De Groene Loper 5, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, Netherlands
A.A. Shabana
University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 842 West Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60607-7021, United States
R. Singh
The Ohio State University Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 201 West 19th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio, 43210-1142, United States
S. Sorokin
Aalborg University Department of Materials and Production, Fibigerstraede 16, DK-9220, Aalborg, Denmark
C. Su
South China University of Technology School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, 510641, Guangzhou, China
J.Q. Sun
University of California Merced School of Engineering, 5200 N. Lake Road, Merced, California, 95343-5001, United States
J.J Thomsen
Technical University of Denmark (DTU), 2800, Kongens(Kgs) Lyngby, Denmark
O. Umnova
University of Salford School of Computing Science and Engineering, Newton Building, M5 4WT, Salford, United Kingdom
K.W. Wang
University of Michigan Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2236 G.G. Brown Building, 2350 Hayward Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109-2125, United States
Q. Wang
City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
J. Warminski
Lublin University of Technology Applied Mechanics Department, Nadbystrzycka, 20-618, Lublin, Poland
J. Woodhouse
University of Cambridge Department of Engineering, 11 JJ Thomson Avenue, CB3 0FF, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Y.-B. Yang
National Taiwan University College of Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan
X. Zhang
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 999077, Hong Kong, China, University of Southampton, UK