Advanced Theoretical and Computational Methods for Complex Materials and Structures (Volume 2)
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 5362
Related Special Issue: Advanced Theoretical and Computational Methods for Complex Materials and Structures
Special Issue Editors
Interests: theory of shells, plates, arches, and beams; generalized differential quadrature; FEM; SFEM; WFEM; IGA; advanced composite materials; functionally graded materials; nanomaterials and nanotechnology
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Interests: damage and fracture mechanics; contact mechanics; structural mechanics; solid mechanics; computational mechanics; advanced composite materials; nanomaterials and nanotechnology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The widespread use of composite materials and structures in many fields of engineering and science has favored the development of advanced theoretical and computational methodologies with increased performance. Composite materials are well-known to feature outstanding thermomechanical performance, with a reduced weight, that can affect the overall responses of many structural members (primarily, beams, plates, and shells), from a static and/or dynamic standpoint. Enhanced structures and composite materials feature an internal length scale and non-local behavior, with their static/dynamic and fracturing responses greatly depending on the staking sequence, ply orientation, agglomeration of nanoparticles, volume fractions of the constituents, and porosity level.
Among the most commonly used innovative composites, there are functionally graded materials (FGMs), carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphene nanoplatelets, metamaterials, and smart constituents, as applied in most smart actuators or piezoelectric sensors. Studies on fiber-reinforced composites, FGMs, CNTs, and magnetostrictive and electrostrictive materials, as well as auxetic materials and angle-tow laminates, are welcome, exploring their static, dynamic, buckling and fracturing responses at different scales.
To this end, classical and nonclassical theories can be proposed together with multiscale approaches, homogenization techniques and different fracturing models. Contributions regarding theoretical, experimental and numerical aspects from scientists working in mathematics and mechanics, involving different industrial applications, are welcome.
Dr. Francesco Tornabene
Prof. Dr. Rossana Dimitri
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- advanced computational methods
- auxetic materials
- buckling behavior
- carbon nanotubes
- complex materials
- composite beams, plates and shells
- constitutive models
- damage
- delamination
- dynamics
- fracture mechanics
- functionally graded materials
- homogenization techniques
- metamaterials
- nanostructures
- smart materials
- statics
- theoretical, numerical and experimental strategies
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