Polymer-Based Composite Structures and Mechanical Metamaterials
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2025 | Viewed by 52
Special Issue Editors
Interests: lightweight structures; mechanical metamaterials; fiber-reinforced composites; machine learning; mechanical property
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Due to their wide-ranging engineering applications, lightweight composite structures and mechanical metamaterials have attracted substantial academic attention in recent years. Key challenges in this field include prototype design, material utilization, fabrication, testing, analysis, and the utilization of new tools such as machine learning and data-driven methods. These issues are critical for the advancement and application of lightweight structures and mechanical metamaterials. We eagerly anticipate researchers from various disciplines to contribute their solutions to these challenges.
We cordially invite scholars from around the world to submit advanced research reports in these fields, focusing on the following topics of interest:
- Lightweight structures and mechanical metamaterials prepared from polymers or polymer-based composites;
- Lightweight structures and mechanical metamaterials prepared from soft materials;
- Novel design concepts for lightweight structures and mechanical metamaterials;
- Three-dimensional (3D) printing of lightweight structures and mechanical metamaterials;
- Testing and analysis of lightweight structures and mechanical metamaterials;
- Impact response and dynamic behaviors of lightweight structures and mechanical metamaterials;
- Lightweight structures and mechanical metamaterials for impact protection and safety engineering;
- Data-driven and machine learning-based research on lightweight structures and mechanical metamaterials;
- Connection and 3D printing of polymer-based composite materials;
- Polymer-based composite materials and structures for sustainable development.
Other topics on lightweight composite structures and mechanical metamaterials are also welcome.
Dr. Shaowei Zhu
Dr. Lianchao Wang
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- composite structures
- mechanical metamaterials
- lightweight structures
- polymer-based composites
- 3D printing
- application of polymer and polymer-based composites
- data-driven research on lightweight structures
