Editorial team ...

Editor-in Chief

Ruxandra BOTEZ - University of Quebec, Department of Automated production Engineering, H3C 1K3 Montreal, Quebec, Canada, e-mail: Ruxandra.Botez@etsmtl.ca

Executive Editors

Corneliu BERBENTE - University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Department of Aerospace Sciences "Elie Carafoli", 010737 Bucharest, Romania, e-mail: berbente@yahoo.com

Victor GIURGIUTIU  - University of South Carolina, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SC 29208 Columbia, USA, e-mail: giurgiut@cec.sc.edu

Honorary Editor

Dan PANTAZOPOL - Aerospace Consulting, 061126 Bucharest, Romania, e-mail: pant@incas.ro

Editorial Board Member

Mihai ARGHIR - Institut Pprime, Université de Poitiers, ENSMA, UPR CNRS 3346, SP2MI, 11 Bd. Pierre et Marie Curie, BP 30179, 86962 Futuroscope Chasseneuil Cedex, France, e-mail: mihai.arghir@univ-poitiers.fr

Haim BARUH - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers University, 98 Brett Road, Piscataway, N.J. 08854, U.S.A., e-mail: baruh@jove.rutgers.edu

George S. DULIKRAVICH - Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Florida International University, 10555 West Flagler Street, EC 3462, Miami, Florida 33174, U.S.A., e-mail: dulikrav@fiu.edu

Horia DUMITRESCU  - Institute of Mathematical Statistics and Applied Mathematics "Gheorghe Mihoc -Caius Iacob" of Romanian Academy, 050711 Bucharest, Romania, e-mail: horiadumitrescu@yahoo.com

Victor MANOLIU - Aerospace Consulting, 061126 Bucharest, Romania, e-mail: vmanoliu@incas.ro

Dan MATEESCU - McGill University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, H3A 2K6 Montreal, Quebec, Canada, e-mail: dan.mateescu@mcgill.ca

Arun MISRA - McGill University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, H3A 2K6 Montreal, Quebec, Canada, e-mail: arun.misra@mcgill.ca

Florin MUNTEANU - Aerospace Consulting, 061126 Bucharest, Romania, e-mail: munteanu@incas.ro

Catalin NAE  - INCAS - National Institute for Aerospace Research "Elie Carafoli", 061126 Bucharest, Romania, e-mail: cnae@incas.ro

Ilinca NASTASE - Building Services Engineering Faculty, Technical University of Civil Engineering Lacul Tei Blvd., no. 122 – 124, RO 020396, sector 2, Bucharest, Romania, e-mail: ilinca.nastase@gmail.com

Pavel NEČAS - Department of Management, Armed Forces Academy, Demänová 393, 031 06 Liptovský Mikuláš 6, Slovakia, E-mail: pavel.necas@aos.sk

Dimitris SARAVANOS - University of Patras, Department of Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics, Applied Mechanics Laboratory, 26500 Patras, Greece, e-mail: saravanos@mech.upatras.gr

Cristian POSTOLACHE - Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, P.O.B.
MG-6, 077125 Magurele, Romania, e-mail: cristip@nipne.ro

George SAVU - COMOTI - National Research and Development Institute for Gas Turbines, 061126 Bucharest, Romania, e-mail: george.savu@comoti

Tudor SIRETEANUInstitute of Solid Mechanics of the Romanian Academy, 10141 Bucharest, Romania, e-mail: siret@imsar.bu.edu.ro

Ioan URSU  - INCAS - National Institute for Aerospace Research "Elie Carafoli", 061126 Bucharest, Romania, e-mail: iursu@incas.ro

Editorial office

Elena NEBANCEA - Editorial secretary and webmaster, INCAS, e-mail: eneba@incas.ro

Lavinia BOSILCA - English translation, INCAS, e-mail: laviniab@incas.ro

Emil COSTEA - Graphic cover, INCAS, costeae@incas.ro