该模型涵盖力学的所有领域：动力系统、固体力学、流体力学、声学、波动学、控制理论、信号处理……发表的文章是简短的，原始的注释，简要地描述一个重要的发现，或一种新的理论。由于这是一份月度出版物，因此很快就会发表重要的成果，一般是在被接受后两三个月。文章可以用英语，也可以用法语，两种语言都有摘要。还可列入第二种语文的主要文本摘要。
The Comptes Rendus Mécanique cover all fields of Mechanics: Dynamical Systems, Solid Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Acoustics, Wave Motion, Control Theory, Signal Processing, …The articles published are short, original notes describing briefly an important discovery, or a new theory. Since this is a monthly publication, significant results are published rapidly, generally two to three months after being accepted. Articles can be in either English or in French, with an abstract in both languages. An abridged version of the main text in the second language may also be included.