The phrase "underlying mechanics" is correct and usable in written English.
It is often used when talking about the processes and workings which support a system. For example: “We need to get a better understanding of the underlying mechanics of the economy.”.
Over the past 10 years, scientists have made enormous strides in their ability to identify and make images of the underlying mechanics of flowing air and water, and to predict how objects move through these flows.
The success of the Pokémon April Fool pranks showed that the underlying mechanics of Ingress could be repurposed, to build something that could bring in millions of players who would never usually look twice at the sci-fi trappings of the original game.
Things are often considerably messier in the real world, but the underlying mechanics discussed here still hold.
We used a factorial design approach to deduce the underlying mechanics of such systems.
Building the conversations is as easy as having a slightly delusional conversation with yourself — the barrier being creativity rather than the underlying mechanics.
The underlying mechanics of Swarm are what's really interesting here — and more importantly what it says about the next generation of apps you'll be using on your smartphone.
The reason is an underlying mechanic around leverage.
Now, it's offering a full-fledged store, similar to Steam, but with a very different underlying mechanic and guiding philosophy.
The underlying mechanic of this model is that the adjacent viable defines an area of potential innovation, based on an expected increase in viability within a defined time frame.
In recent years, the FT4 powder rheometer of Freeman Technology has emerged as a widely used technique for characterising particle flow under dynamic conditions of shear strain rate; yet little is known about its underlying powder mechanics.
Two areas of present study where deeper insight into underlying process mechanics is needed are, firstly, the association of waste material with glass formers in the wet or sinter stages and secondly their incorporation and mixing reaction in the melt.
