Advanced Composite Material Design and Manufacturing Technology for Aerospace Engineering

Dear Colleagues,

Advanced composites have many advantages, such as a high specific strength, high specific modulus, fatigue resistance, light weight, corrosion resistance and strong design, etc. They have been widely investigated and applied in the aerospace field. The amount of composite materials used has become an important indicator for evaluating the advanced nature of aircraft or spacecraft. Composite materials and structures are formed simultaneously, which requires designers to have sufficient understanding of materials, preparation technology and mechanics, etc. Only in this way we can fully explore the potential of composite materials through an appropriate design. The extreme demands in the field of aerospace engineering are good opportunities for the development of advanced composite technology, while putting forward new challenges.

In this Special Issue, we focus on advanced composite design and manufacturing technology for aerospace engineering, mainly including materials, mechanics, manufacturing technology, test characterization, advanced equipment and engineering applications, etc. We encourage submissions of original research papers, short communications as well as review articles. This Special Issue reports the latest progress of advanced composite technology in the field of aerospace.

Potential topics for submissions include, but are not limited to:

• Materials design, such as fiber, resin, interface, functional materials, etc.;
• Mechanical design, such as constitutive modeling, multi-scale modeling, stiffness, static strength, fatigue, buckling stability, progressive damage behavior, etc.;
• Manufacturing technology, such as autoclave, RTM, additive manufacturing, intelligent manufacturing, etc.;
• Advanced equipment, such as automatic molding, additive manufacturing, test characterization, nondestructive testing, etc.;
• Engineering applications, such as composite products, high-performance materials, design and evaluation methods, etc.

Prof. Dr. Jiangbo Bai
Prof. Dr. Jianwen Bao
Prof. Dr. Yan Shi
Prof. Dr. Changchuan Xie
Prof. Dr. Nicholas Fantuzzi
Prof. Dr. Dayong Hu
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Materials is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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