Mechanical Behavior of Fiber Reinforced Composites
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 7924
Special Issue Editors
Interests: structural design; composite materials; smart materials; fluid–structure interaction; mechanical behavior of materials; design for additive manufacturing
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Interests: fluid–structure interaction; slamming; water entry of flexible structures; particle image velocimetry; composite structures; structural health monitoring
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Interest in composite materials has increased tremendously in the last several decades, and their use is now consolidated over a wide spectrum of applications. As interest and use increase, manufacturing technologies advance, and new fiber materials and matrix systems are pushed into the market year after year. Further, as time advances, composite materials find applications in previously unexplored paths, and design requirements modify accordingly.
The research community continuously contributes to this field, not only in developing tougher and stronger raw materials and their composites, but also providing new techniques for their characterization and in-service monitoring. Particularly challenging tasks currently faced by the research community are the development, characterization, and modeling of environment-friendly composites, such as natural-fiber composites.
This Special Issue of Applied Sciences, “Mechanical Behavior of Fiber-Reinforced Composites”, aims to collect recent frontier research on the mechanical behavior of advanced composite materials, spanning from single constituents to the laminate level or using a multi-scale approach.
In particular, we encourage the submission of papers on the following topics:
- Experimental characterization of static, dynamic, or fatigue loading;
- Influence of the environmental condition (e.g., high or low temperatures, humidity, etc.);
- Numerical modeling of single constituents or laminates;
- Impact response and damage resistance to low-velocity impacts or slamming loads; and
Characterization and modeling of:
- Hybrid laminates;
- Natural- and bio-composites;
- Recycled composites;
- Self-reinforced and nano-reinforced composites;
- Functional composite materials (including nano-modified materials);
- Self-sensing laminates;
- Self-healing laminates;
- Laminates with morphing capabilities.
Dr. Giangiacomo Minak
Dr. Riccardo Panciroli
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- composite materials
- laminates
- stiffness
- strength
- fatigue resistance
- fracture
- impact loading
- buckling
- delamination
- creep
- durability
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