Aims and Scope
Strojniški vestnik – Journal of Mechanical Engineering is an international, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to publishing high-quality original research, review articles, and technical contributions that advance the theory and practice of mechanical engineering and related scientific disciplines. The journal serves as a platform for researchers, engineers, and industry professionals to disseminate innovative findings that address both fundamental scientific challenges and practical engineering applications.
The journal welcomes interdisciplinary research that integrates mechanical engineering with computer science, applied mathematics, artificial intelligence, data science, computational science, materials science, physics, electrical engineering, industrial engineering, automation, and other related scientific and engineering disciplines. Particular emphasis is placed on studies that combine theoretical analysis, computational modeling, numerical simulation, experimental investigation, and industrial implementation.
The journal publishes research in, but is not limited to, the following areas:
- Mechanical design and machine elements
- Solid mechanics, structural mechanics, and computational mechanics
- Dynamics, vibration, noise, and control
- Manufacturing engineering and advanced manufacturing technologies
- Precision engineering and intelligent manufacturing
- Robotics, mechatronics, and autonomous systems
- Tribology, lubrication, and wear analysis
- Thermal engineering, heat transfer, thermodynamics, and energy systems
- Fluid mechanics, fluid machinery, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
- Materials engineering, composite materials, smart materials, and material characterization
- Industrial automation, digital manufacturing, and cyber-physical systems
- Mechanical reliability, safety engineering, and structural integrity assessment
- Aerospace, automotive, marine, railway, and offshore engineering
- Renewable energy systems and sustainable engineering technologies
- Additive manufacturing and advanced production systems
- Engineering optimization, multi-objective optimization, and design methodologies
- Artificial intelligence and machine learning applications in engineering
- Digital twins, intelligent sensing, predictive maintenance, and condition monitoring
- Internet of Things (IoT), Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), and smart industrial systems
- Big data analytics, engineering informatics, and decision-support systems
- Computer-aided engineering (CAE), computer-aided design (CAD), and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM)
- High-performance computing and parallel computing for engineering simulations
- Numerical methods, finite element methods (FEM), finite volume methods (FVM), and boundary element methods (BEM)
- Applied mathematics, mathematical modeling, optimization theory, stochastic analysis, and scientific computing
- Operations research, systems engineering, and engineering management
- Signal processing, image processing, computer vision, and intelligent inspection
- Embedded systems, control engineering, and intelligent control algorithms
- Engineering education and emerging technologies related to mechanical and computational sciences
The journal encourages contributions that develop novel theoretical methods, computational algorithms, mathematical models, experimental techniques, and engineering applications with clear scientific significance and practical value. Research involving interdisciplinary collaboration between engineering, mathematics, computer science, and emerging technologies is particularly welcomed.