《應用流體力學雜志》（JAFM）是一本國際性的同行評議期刊，涵蓋了流體力學的各種理論、數(shù)值和實驗方面。重點是不同工程領域的應用，而不是流體力學中純數(shù)學或物理方面的應用。盡管目前存在許多與流體力學不同方面有關的高質(zhì)量期刊，但該領域的研究正在迅速升級。這本新的流體力學期刊的動機是由以下幾點驅(qū)動的：（1）有必要讓所有流體力學研究人員都能閱讀電子期刊；（2）來自第三世界國家的科學家需要一個不產(chǎn)生出版成本的地方；（3）高質(zhì)量的論文應該通過高效的同行快速出版。審查過程，以及（4）快速傳播在亞洲國家舉行的流體力學會議需要一個出口。關于后一點，目前在該地區(qū)有一些專門促進流體力學的優(yōu)秀會議，如亞洲流體力學大會，始于1980年，名義上每兩年在一個亞洲國家舉行一次。我們希望這本擬議的雜志為促進該大陸的應用流體研究和相關活動提供了額外的動力。該雜志由伊朗物理學會與伊斯法罕理工大學（IUT）合作出版。

The Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics (JAFM) is an international, peer-reviewed journal which covers a wide range of theoretical, numerical and experimental aspects in fluid mechanics. The emphasis is on the applications in different engineering fields rather than on pure mathematical or physical aspects in fluid mechanics. Although many high quality journals pertaining to different aspects of fluid mechanics presently exist, research in the field is rapidly escalating. The motivation for this new fluid mechanics journal is driven by the following points: (1) there is a need to have an e-journal accessible to all fluid mechanics researchers, (2) scientists from third- world countries need a venue that does not incur publication costs, (3) quality papers deserve rapid and fast publication through an efficient peer review process, and (4) an outlet is needed for rapid dissemination of fluid mechanics conferences held in Asian countries. Pertaining to this latter point, there presently exist some excellent conferences devoted to the promotion of fluid mechanics in the region such as the Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics which began in 1980 and nominally takes place in one of the Asian countries every two years. We hope that the proposed journal provides and additional impetus for promoting applied fluids research and associated activities in this continent. The journal is under the umbrella of the Physics Society of Iran with the collaboration of Isfahan University of Technology (IUT) .