Forthcoming papers of International Journal of Applied Mechanics (IJAM) Vol.2 No.1:  

1．“An Alternative Explanation of The Effect of Humidity In Gecko Adhesion: Stiffness Reduction Enhances Adhesion on A Rough Surface”, Bin Chen (McMaster University, Canada) and Huajian Gao (Brown University, USA). 

2. “Mechanical Behaviour of Transversely Isotropic Porous Neo-Hookean Solids”, Zaoyang Guo (University of Glasgow, UK) and Ferhun C. Caner (Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain). 

3. “Alternative Methods To Extract The Hardness And Elastic Modulus Of Thin Films From Nanoindentation Load-Displacement Data”, Amit Kumar and Kaiyang Zeng (National University of Singapore, Singapore). 

4. “Singular Stress Analysis in Flat Punch Problem of Elastic Half-Plane”, Y.Z. Chen, X.Y. Lin and Z.X. Wang (Jiangsu University, China). 

5. “Effect of Transverse Normal And Shear Deformations on A Fiber-Reinforced Viscoelastic Beam Resting on Two-Parameter Elastic Foundations”, Ashraf M. Zenkour (King Abdul Aziz University, Saudi Arabia). 

6. “Refined Beam Theories Based on A Unified Formulation”, Erasmo Carrera (Politecnico Di Torino, Italy) and Gaetano Giunta (Centre De Recherche Public Henri Tudor, Luxembourg). 

7. “Progress in the Application of Lower Bound Direct Methods in Structural Design”, Dieter Weichert and Abdelkader Hachemi (Institute Of General Mechanics, Rwth Aachen University, Germany). 

8. “Dissipative Particle Dynamics In Soft Matter and Polymeric Applications - A Review (Part II)”, E. Moeendarbary, (University College London, UK); T.Y. Ng (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore);  M. Zangeneh (University College London, UK). 

9. “Nanoscale Void Growth in Magnesium: A Molecular Dynamics Study”, Sebastien Groh, Esteban B. Marin and M.F. Horstemeyer (Mississippi State University, USA). 

10. “A Differential Quadrature Finite Element Method”, Yufeng Xing and Bo Liu (Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China).