The Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering publishes manuscripts on research, development and design related to science and technology in Mechanical Engineering. It is an interdisciplinary journal with interfaces to other branches of Engineering, such as Aerospace, Automotive and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, as well as with Physics and Applied Mathematics. The Journal accepts manuscripts in four different formats: Full Length Articles, Review Articles and Letters to the Editor.

Editors-In-Chief

Jader Riso Barbosa Jr.
Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) 
Florianopolis-SC, Brazil
E-mail: jrb@polo.ufsc.br

Marcelo Areias Trindade
University of São Paulo (USP-São Carlos)
São Carlos-SP, Brazil
E-mail: trindade@sc.usp.br


Associate Editors 

José Roberto de França Arruda, University of Campinas (Unicamp)
Wallace Moreira Bessa, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN)
Lincoln Cardoso Brandão, Federal University of São João del-Rei (UFSJ)
André Cavalieri, Technological Institute of Aeronautics (ITA) 
Daniel Onofre de Almeida Cruz, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Victor Juliano De Negri, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) 
Fernando Antonio Forcellini, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) 
Francis Henrique Ramos França, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) 
Erick de Moraes Franklin, University of Campinas (Unicamp) 
Izabel Fernanda Machado, University of São Paulo (USP)
Mário Eduardo Santos Martins, Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM)
Paulo de Tarso R. Mendonça, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)
Celso Kazuyuki Morooka, University of Campinas (Unicamp) 
Pedro Manuel Calas Lopes Pacheco, Federal Center for Technological Education of Rio de Janeiro (CEFET-RJ) 
José Alberto dos Reis Parise, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ) 
João Marciano Laredo dos Reis, Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)
Thiago G. Ritto, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Zilda de Castro Silveira, University of São Paulo (USP-São Carlos)
Adriano Almeida Gonçalves Siqueira, University of São Paulo (USP-São Carlos)
Edson J. Soares, Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES)
Adriano Fagali de Souza, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)
Roney L. Thompson, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)


Editorial Board 

Aristeu Silveira Neto, Uberlândia, Brazil
Paulo E. Arratia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Átila Pantaleão Silva Freire, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Clovis Raimundo Maliska, Florianópolis, Brazil
Edwardo F. Fukushima, Tokyo, Japan
Fernando Alves Rochinha, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Francisco Ricardo Cunha, Brasilia, Brazil
Fernando Tavares de Pinho, Porto, Portugal
Günter Höhne, Ilmenau, Germany 
Hans Ingo Weber, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Hector Daniel Ceniceros, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
José M. Saiz Jabardo, La Coruña, Spain
Luiz Bevilacqua, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Michael Vynnycky, Stockholm, Sweden
Paulo Cesar Morais, Brasilia, Brazil
Paulo Eigi Miyagi, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Paulo R. de Souza Mendes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Peter Hagedorn, Darmstadt, Germany
Sadik Kakaç, Miami, FL, USA
Wolodymyr J. Minkowycz, Chicago, IL, USA