Mechanical Properties of Composite Structures: Experimental and Simulation Investigation
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Mechanics of Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 August 2023) | Viewed by 1685
Special Issue Editors
Interests: continuum mechanics; structural mechanics; plasticity; stability; dynamics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Composite structures have recently attracted widespread attention from researchers in a number of areas such as lightweight structures in aerospace, aeronautic and naval engineering; superstructures and advanced systems; biomimetic engineering; eco-design for recycling; and so on. Their success is due notably to their exceptional mechanical proprieties such as low weight, high stiffness/strength radio, fracture toughness, buckling resistance, and damping, alongside other non-structural advantages such as self-healing capability, tailoring, sensing and actuation, energy harvesting/storage, recyclability, biodegradability, etc.
Although this subject has been widely researched in the last several decades, it is felt that much remains to be discussed, particularly as regards the mechanical properties of composite structures.
This Special Issue aims to collect original research articles, state-of-the art reviews, short communications, perspectives, viewpoints, opinions, concept papers or case reports emphasizing advances and developments in the field of composite structures, obtained by both numerical and experimental investigations. The main goal is to collect ideas, analyses, proposals and opinions from several scholars from different areas that could outline possible future achievements and challenging improvements in this field.
Dr. Federico Guarracino
Dr. Ida Mascolo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- composite structures
- numerical simulation
- experimental investigation
- civil engineering
- lightweight composites
- energy-efficient composites
- multifunctional composite applications
