Polymer Coatings and Polymer Composites: Testing and Modeling
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Functional Polymer Coatings and Films".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 23
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polymer composites; polymer coatings; mechanical properties; rheology; analysis and solution of mechanical property degradation-related problems
Interests: polymer composites; mechanical properties; rheology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Polymer coatings and polymer composites are of interest in many applications due to their tunable mechanical properties as well as excellent thermal and chemical stabilities. Given the increasing interest in applying these materials, intensive examinations are necessary. The increasing demand for high-performance products has stimulated the development of numerous efficient techniques. The wide application of polymer coatings and polymer composites in various engineering fields demonstrates the need to accurately describe the mechanical behavior and mechanical properties of these materials under complex loading conditions. The mechanical behavior polymers is mainly governed by rheology, that is, their dependence of factors such as time, temperature, load frequency and rate, and is characterized by viscoelasticity, viscohyperelasticity, and related phenomena. This Special Issue aims to present recent advances in the testing and modeling of mechanical response of polymer coatings and polymer composites under complex loads, including but not limited to the following topics:
- Short-term mechanical properties;
- Long-term mechanical properties;
- Constitutive modeling;
- Fatigue life assessment;
- Physical aging;
- Damage and fracture;
- Multiaxial testing;
- Multiscale modeling;
- Rheological behavior.
Dr. Boyuan Yin
Prof. Dr. Wenbo Luo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- polymer coatings
- polymer composites
- testing
- mechanical property
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