目的是發表關于固體力學的最高質量和持久意義的研究。范圍很廣，從機械學的基本概念到新穎現象和應用的分析。固體被廣泛地解釋為包括硬質和軟質材料以及天然和合成結構。該方法可以是理論，實驗或計算。該研究活動屬于工程科學和應用數學，材料科學，生物力學，應用物理和地球物理學的相關領域。該雜志由Rodney Hill于1952年創立，他一直擔任總編輯直到1968年。期刊感興趣的主題隨著主題的發展而發展，但其基本精神仍然相同：發布最高質量相關的研究固體力學。因此，重點放在基于理論，實驗或計算方法的這些概念的基本概念的發展和這些概念的新應用，借鑒工程科學的各個分支和應用數學，材料科學，結構工程，應用物理學和地球物理學。該期刊的主要目的是促進科學理解所有固體材料（包括技術和自然）的變形和機械失效過程，以及這些過程與其潛在物理機制之間的聯系。從這個意義上說，期刊的內容應該反映分析，實驗觀察和數值模擬方面的學科現狀。為了實現這一目標，除了描述其工作細節之外，還鼓勵作者考慮他們對力學領域的貢獻的重要性及其結果的含義。

The aim is to publish research of the highest quality and of lasting significance on the mechanics of solids. The scope is broad, from fundamental concepts in mechanics to the analysis of novel phenomena and applications. Solids are interpreted broadly to include both hard and soft materials as well as natural and synthetic structures. The approach can be theoretical, experimental or computational.This research activity sits within engineering science and the allied areas of applied mathematics, materials science, bio-mechanics, applied physics, and geophysics.The Journal was founded in 1952 by Rodney Hill, who was its Editor-in-Chief until 1968. The topics of interest to the Journal evolve with developments in the subject but its basic ethos remains the same: to publish research of the highest quality relating to the mechanics of solids. Thus, emphasis is placed on the development of fundamental concepts of mechanics and novel applications of these concepts based on theoretical, experimental or computational approaches, drawing upon the various branches of engineering science and the allied areas within applied mathematics, materials science, structural engineering, applied physics, and geophysics.The main purpose of the Journal is to foster scientific understanding of the processes of deformation and mechanical failure of all solid materials, both technological and natural, and the connections between these processes and their underlying physical mechanisms. In this sense, the content of the Journal should reflect the current state of the discipline in analysis, experimental observation, and numerical simulation. In the interest of achieving this goal, authors are encouraged to consider the significance of their contributions for the field of mechanics and the implications of their results, in addition to describing the details of their work.