Symmetry in Applied Continuous Mechanics 2022

1. Introduction

Symmetry leading to interesting properties of mechanical systems has interesting properties and various applications in the field of engineering. There are many examples in which symmetry is applied in the design and calculus of symmetric mechanical systems, for example, in automotive engineering, airspace engineering, construction, and manufacturing [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]. All these factors prompt continuous research for the development of the field. Some of this research is presented in this volume, in which a large group of researchers are presenting their latest findings. We hope that researchers will find this an interesting and useful volume of information for their future work, and that the results will be also used by engineers for practical applications.

2. Statistics of the Special Issue

The statistics for this Special Issue related to published or rejected items were as follows [9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24]: 25 total submissions, 15 published papers (60%), and 10 rejected papers (40%). The geographical distribution of the authors of published papers is shown in Table 1, in which it can be seen that 50 authors are from seven different countries. Note that it is usual for a paper to have more than one author and for authors with different affiliations to collaborate.

Table 1. Geographic distribution by countries of authors.

Country	Number of Authors
Romania	18
Saudi Arabia	17
Morocco	4
China	4
India	1
Egypt	3
Hungary	3
Total	50

3. Authors of the Special Issue

The authors of this Special Issue and their main affiliations are summarized in Table 2, and it can be seen that there are three authors on average per manuscript.

Table 2. Affiliations and bibliometric indicators for authors.

Author	Affiliation	No. of Papers	References
Renáta-Ildikó Száva	Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania	2	[11,15]
Betti Bolló	University of Miskolc, 3515 Miskolc, Hungary	1	[11]
Péter Bencs	University of Miskolc, 3515 Miskolc, Hungary	1	[11]
Károly Jármai	University of Miskolc, 3515 Miskolc, Hungary	2	[11,15]
Ioan Száva	Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania	2	[11,15]
Gabriel Popa	Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania	1	[11]
Zsolt Asztalos	Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania	1	[11]
Sorin Vlase	Transilvania University of Brasov, Romanian Academy of Technical Sciences, Bucharest, Romania	9	[11,13,15,19,21,22,23,25]
Fatimah E. Almuhayfith	College of Sciences, King Faisal University, Alahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia	1	[12]
Jumanah Ahmed Darwish	College of Science, University of Jeddah, Jeddah 21959, Saudi Arabia	1	[12]
Randa Alharbi	Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 47512, Saudi Arabia	1	[12]
Marin Marin	Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania	9	[12,14,16,18,20,21,22,23]
Khadija Yakoubi	Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez 30000, Morocco	1	[13]
Soufiane Montassir	Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez 30000, Morocco	1	[13]
Hassane Moustabchir	National School of Applied Sciences of Fez, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez 30000, Morocco	1	[13]
Ahmed Elkhalfi	Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez 30000, Morocco	1	[13]
Maria Luminita Scutaru	Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania	2	[13,21]
Aatef Hobiny	King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21577, Saudi Arabia	1	[14]
Ibrahim Abbas	King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21577, Saudi Arabia Faculty of Science, Sohag University, Sohag 82511, Egypt	1	[14]
Hashim Alshehri	King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21577, Saudi Arabia	1	[14]
Daniela Șova	Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania	1	[15]
Abdulaziz S. Alghamdi	King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh 21911, Saudi Arabia	1	[16]
Gamal Amin Abd-Elmougod	Damanhour University, Damanhour 22511, Egypt	1	[16]
Debasis Kundu	Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur 208016, India	1	[16]
Eduard M. Craciun	Ovidius University of Constanta, 900527 Constanta, Romania	1	[17]
Nicolae Pop	Institute of Solid Mechanics of Romanian Academy, 010141 Bucharest, Romania	1	[17]
Ioan Tuns	Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania	1	[17]
Tahani A. Aloafi	Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia	1	[18]
Azhari A. Elhag	Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia	1	[18]
Taghreed M. Jawa	Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia	1	[18]
Neveen Sayed-Ahmed	Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia	1	[18]
Fatimah S. Bayones	Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia	1	[18]
Jamel Bouslimi	Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia	1	[18]
Paul Nicolae Borza	Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania	1	[19]
Sayed Abdel-Khalek	Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia	1	[20]
Eied M. Khalil	Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia	1	[20]
Hammad Alotaibi	Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia	1	[20]
Sayed M. Abo-Dahab	Luxor University, Luxor 85951, Egypt South Valley University, Qena 83523, Egypt	1	[20]
Emad E. Mahmoud	Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia	1	[20]
Mahmoud Higazy	Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia	1	[20]
Andrei Bencze	Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania	1	[21]
Ana Toderiță	Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania	2	[21,22]
Călin Itu	Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania	1	[22]
Adina Chirila	Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania	1	[23]
Zheming Tong	Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China	1	[24]
Zezhao Peng	Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China	1	[24]
Yuqing Yue	Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China	1	[24]
Zhou Chen	Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China	1	[24]
Ion-Marius Ghiţescu	Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania	1	[25]
Marius Paun	Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania	1	[25]

4. Brief Overview of the Contributions to the Special Issue

It was observed that there are three topics that dominated: symmetry in mechanical engineering, symmetry in applied mathematics, and symmetry in civil engineering.