Advances in Mechanical Characterization of Materials and Structures
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Materials Characterization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 July 2023) | Viewed by 1719
Special Issue Editor
Interests: mechanics of materials; biomechanics; continuum mechanics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The design of mechanically reliable engineering devices requires an accurate knowledge of the properties of materials. This is particularly true when the characteristic size of the device, or of their features, is on the micro-scale such as in materials for electronics or for biomedical applications. In such cases, acquiring knowledge of the mechanical behaviour of materials and structure is less trivial if compared to macroscale material samples. Furthermore, the emergence of new manufacturing technologies in the area of the Additive Manufacturing techniques, poses new questions on the mechanical properties of materials which are strongly dependent on the process parameters. In recent years, new and advanced techniques for mechanical characterization have been introduced, such as in-situ micromechanical testing, which combines different laboratory techniques to determine complex mechanical responses on small samples. New experimental methods are needed to determine mechanical behaviour of microstructures suitably designed to obtain advanced physical and mechanical properties.
This special issue on Advances in Mechanical Characterization of Materials and Structures aims at bringing together experts from academia as well as from industry to share their latest advances in mechanical characterization of materials and structures including, but not limited to:
- in-situ testing
- digital image correlation techniques
- new imaging techniques
- micro-scale testing of materials
Dr. Pasquale Vena
Guest Editor
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