A Journal of ABCM, the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering

The purpose of the JBSMSE Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering is to publish articles of permanent interest dealing with research, development and design related to science and technology in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, encompassing interfaces with other branches of Engineering, as well as with Physics and Applied Mathematics

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Bibliographic Information

ISSN: 1678-5878 (since 2003) (former ISSN: 0100-7386)
Imprint: ABCM
Commenced publication 1979

Audience

Engineers and research workers, educationalists involved in the development of mechanical sciences and engineering.

Abstracting/ indexing

The JBSMSE is indexed and abstracted in:

• Compendex/EV2
• Engineering Information INC.
• JCR/Science Edition (ISI)
• ERL (Elec. Ref. Libr.)
• Latindex
• SciSearch (ISI)
• SciELO
• SCOPUS

Editors

Editor-in-Chief:

• Prof. Francisco Ricardo Cunha
  University of Brasilia
  Brasilia-DF, Brazil
  E-mail: frcunha@unb.br

Associate Editors

• Aerospace Engineering: 
  João Luis F. Azevedo – Institute of Aeronautics and Space (DCTA/IAE)

• Bioengineering: 
  Marcos Pinotti Barbosa, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) 

• Combustion and Environmental Engineering: 
  Luis Fernando Fiqueira da Silva, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ)

• Dynamics, Vibrations and Acoustics: 
  Kátia Lucchesi Cavalca Dedini, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)

• Fluid Mechanics: 
  Márcio da Silveira Carvalho, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ)

• Manufacturing Process: 
  Márcio Bacci da Silva, Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU)

• Mechatronics and Robotic: 
  Sadek Crisóstomo Absi Alfaro, University of Brasilia (UnB)

• Non-Linear Phenomena Smart Materials and Structures: 
  Aline Souza de Paula, University of Brasilia (UnB)

• Offshore and Petroleum Engineering: 
  Celso Kazuyuki Morooka, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)

• Product Engineering: 
  Fernando Antonio Forcellini, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)

• Refrigeration, Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning: 
  José Alberto dos Reis Parise, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ)

• Rheology and Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics: 
  Roney Leon Thompson, Fluminense Federal University (UFF)

• Solid Mechanics: 
  Eduardo Alberto Fancello, Santa Catarina Federal University (UFSC)

• Thermal Sciences: 
  Francis Henrique Ramos França, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)

• Uncertainty Quantification and Stochastic Modeling: 
  Marcelo Areias Trindade, University of São Paulo University (USP-São Carlos)

Editorial Board (to be completed)

• Aristeu Silveira Neto, Uberlândia, Brazil

• Átila Pantaleão Silva Freire, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Clovis Raimundo Maliska, Florianópolis, Brazil

• Edwardo F. Fukushima, Tokyo, Japan

• Fernando Tavares de Pinho, Porto, Portugal

• Günter Höhne, Ilmenau, Germany

• Hans Ingo Weber, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Hector Daniel Ceniceros, Santa Barbara, USA

• José M. Saiz Jabardo, La Coruña, Spain

• Leonardo Goldstein Jr., Campinas, Brazil

• Luiz Bevilacqua, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• 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, USA

• Wolodymyr J. Minkowycz, Chicago, USA

How to submit a paper

to submit manuscripts to this journal. Authors need to register with the journal prior to submitting, or if already registered can simply log in and begin the process.

Former Editors

1979-1983

Editor-in-Chief:

Editorial Board

• • Luiz Bevilacqua
  • Arno Blass
  • José João de Espíndola
  • Raul A. Feijó
  • G.A. Feldman
  • Miguel Hiroo Hirata
  • Liu Hsu
  • Duraid Mahrus
  • Otavio. Maizza Neto
  • Giulio Massarani
  • Francisco E.Mourão Saboya
  • J.T. Sielawa
  • F. Venâncio Filho

1984-1988

Editor-in-Chief:

Executive Editor:

Editorial Board

• • Rubens Sampaio
  • J.M.Freire
  • Abimael F. D. Loula
  • Arthur J.V. Porto
  • Berend Snoeijer
  • Bernardo Horowitz
  • Clovis S. Barcellos
  • Douglas E. Zampieri
  • Duraid Mahrus
  • Edgardo O. Taroco Aliano
  • F. Vernâncio Filho
  • Francisco E. Mourão Saboya
  • Giulio Massarani
  • Guilherme Creuss
  • Hans Ingo Weber
  • Henner Alberto Gomide
  • Jan Leon Scieszko
  • Jarsy T. Sielawa
  • Jose João de Espíndola
  • Liu Hsu
  • Mauricio N. Frota
  • Miguel H. Hirata
  • Nelson Back
  • Nestor Zouain
  • Nivaldo L. Cupini
  • Otavio Maizza Neto
  • Pedro Carajilescov
  • Sergio Colle

1989-1992

Editor-in-Chief:

Associate Editors:

Editorial Board

• • Hans Ingo Weber
  • Alvaro Toubes Prata, Florianópolis, SC
  • Augusto C. Noronha R. Galeão, Petrópolis, RJ
  • Carlos Alberto de Almeida, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
  • Hazim Ali Al-Qureshi, São José dos Campos, SP
  • Abimael Fernando D. Loula
  • Arno Blass
  • Carlos Alberto de Campos Selke
  • Carlos Alberto Schneider
  • Clovis Raimundo Maliska
  • Fathi Darwish
  • Henner Alberto Gomide
  • Jaime Tupiassu de Castro
  • João Lirani
  • José Luiz de França Freire
  • Leonardo Goldstein Jr.
  • Luiz Carlos Martins
  • Luiz Carlos Wrobel
  • Moysés Zindeluk
  • Nelson Back
  • Nestor Alberto Zouain Pereira
  • Nivaldo Lemos Cupini
  • Paulo Rizzi
  • Paulo Roberto de Souza Mendes
  • Renato Machado Cotta
  • Samir N. Y. Gerges
  • Valder Steffen Jr.

1993-1999

Editor-in-Chief:

Associate Editors:

Editorial Board

• • Leonardo Goldstein Jr.
  • Agenor de Toledo Fleury, São Paulo, SP
  • Carlos Alberto Carrasco Altemani, Campinas, SP
  • Jose A. Ramos do Amaral, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
  • Walter L. Weingaertner, Florianópolis, SC
  • Angela Ourívio Nieckele, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
  • Paulo Eigi Miyagi, São Paulo, SP
  • Alisson Rocha Machado, Uberlândia, MG
  • Hans Ingo Weber, Campinas, SP/Rio de Janeiro, RJ
  • Seyyed Said Dana, João Pessoa, PB
  • Alcir de Faro Orlando
  • Antonio Francisco Fortes
  • Armando Albertazzi Jr.
  • Atair Rios Neto
  • Benedito Moraes Purquerio
  • Caio Mario Costa
  • Carlos Alberto de Almeida
  • Clovis Raimundo Maliska
  • Emanuel Rocha Woiski
  • Francisco Emilio Baccaro Nigro
  • Francisco José Simões
  • Genesio José Menon
  • Hans Ingo Weber
  • Henrique Rozenfeld
  • Jair Carlos Dutra
  • João Alziro Herz de Jornada
  • José João de Espíndola
  • Jurandir itizo Yanagihara
  • Lirio Schaefer
  • Lourival Boehs
  • Luis Carlos Sandoval Goes
  • Marcio Ziviani
  • Mario Ussyr (1998-1999)
  • Moyses Zindeluk
  • Nisio de Carvalho Lobo Brum
  • Nivaldo Lemos Cupini
  • Paulo Afonso de Oliveira Soviero
  • Paulo Eigi Miyagi
  • Rogerio Martins Saldanha da Gama
  • Valder Steffen Jr.

2000 – 2005

Editor-in-Chief:

Associate Editors:

Editorial Board

• • Átila Pantaleão Silva Freire
  • Anselmo Eduardo Diniz, Campinas, SP
  • Alisson Rocha Machado, Uberlândia, MG
  • Angela Ourívio Nieckele, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
  • Aristeu da Silveira Neto, Uberlândia, MG
  • Clovis Raimundo Maliska, Florianópolis, SC
  • Edgar Nobuo Mamiya, Brasília, DF
  • Heraldo S. da Costa Mattos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
  • José Roberto de França Arruda, Campinas, SP
  • Paulo Roberto Cetlin, Belo Horizonte, MG
  • Álvaro T. Prata, Florianópolis, Brazil
  • Carlos A. Cabral dos Santos, João Pessoa, Brazil
  • Carlos Alberto de Almeida, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Carlos A. Mota Soares, Lisboa, Portugal
  • Cesar J. Deschamps, Florianópolis, Brazil
  • Daniel O. A. Cruz, Belém, Brazil
  • Henrique Rozenfeld, São Carlos, Brazil
  • Hans Ingo Weber, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • José Augusto P. Aranha, São Paulo, Brazil
  • J. Karl Hedrick, Berkeley, USA
  • João Luiz F. Azevedo, Brasília, Brazil
  • Luiz Bevilacqua, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Luiz C. Martins, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Leonardo Goldstein Jr., Campinas, Brazil
  • Mike Gaster, London, UK
  • Paulo Eigi Miyagi, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Peter Hagedorn, Darmstadt, Germany
  • Paulo Roberto S. Mendes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Robert A. Antonia, Newcastle, Australia
  • Raul Feijóo, Petrópolis, Brazil
  • Renato Machado Cotta, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Rubens Sampaio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Segen F. Estefen, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Sadik Kakaç, Miami, USA
  • Sergio V. Möller, Porto Alegre, Brazil
  • Ted Belytschko, Evanston, USA
  • Valder Steffen Jr., Uberlândia, Brazil
  • Wolodymyr J. Minkowycz, Chicago, USA
  • William O. Criminale, Seattle, USA

2006-2009

Editor-in-Chief:

Editorial Board

• • Paulo Eigi Miyagi
  • Aristeu Silveira Neto
  • Átila Pantaleão Silva Freire
  • Carlos A. Mota Soares
  • Clovis Raimundo Maliska
  • Edgar Nobuo Mamiya
  • Edwardo F. Fukushima
  • Gunter Hohne
  • Hans Ingo Weber
  • Heraldo S. da Costa Mattos
  • José M.Saiz Jabardo
  • José Roberto F. Arruda
  • Leonardo Goldstein Jr
  • Luiz Bevilacqua
  • Peter Hagedorn
  • Rubens Sampaio
  • Sadik Kakaç
  • Wolodymyr J. Minkowycz

2010-2014

Editor-in-Chief:

• Fernando Alves Rochinha

Journal Manager:

• Marcelo José Colaço

Editorial Board

• Aristeu Silveira Neto, Uberlândia, Brazil
• Átila Pantaleão Silva Freire, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Carlos A. Mota Soares, Lisbon, Portugal
• Clovis Raimundo Maliska, Florianópolis, Brazil
• Edgar Nobuo Mamiya, Brasília, Brazil
• Edwardo F. Fukushima, Tokyo, Japan
• Gunter Hohne, Ilmenau, Germany
• Hans Ingo Weber, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Heraldo S. da Costa Mattos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• José M. Saiz Jabardo, La Coruña, Spain
• José Roberto F. Arruda, Campinas, Brazil
• Leonardo Goldstein Jr., Campinas, Brazil
• Luiz Bevilacqua, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Peter Hagedorn, Darmstadt, Germany
• Rubens Sampaio Filho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Sadik Kakaç, Miami, USA
• Wolodymyr J. Minkowycz, Chicago, USA

General Information

The JBSMSE is published quarterly and owned by ABCM The Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, Av. Rio Branco, 124, 14º Andar, CEP 20040-001, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, telephone +55 (21) 2221 0438, and is distributed freely to members.

Annual rate is US$320.00 for institutions and US$120.00 to individuals. Issues are airmail shipped. All subscriptions are payable in advance and entered on an annual basis.