Numerical and Computational Methods in Structural Engineering and Mechanics, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Mathematics (ISSN 2227-7390). This special issue belongs to the section "E2: Control Theory and Mechanics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 November 2025 | Viewed by 42
Special Issue Editors
2. IDMEC, IST—Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
Interests: structural mechanics; finite element analysis; structural optimization; composite materials; numerical computation; symbolic computation
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Interests: mathematical analysis; mathematical modeling; finite element method; isogeometric analysis; physics-informed neural networks; image processing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Many complex problems arising from different areas of science and engineering can be successfully studied by applying mathematical models, demonstrating the multidisciplinary nature of mathematical modeling, a process in which a wide variety of issues are addressed to obtain robust and accurate numerical schemes.
This Special Issue, as a follow-up on the previous edition, aims to gather modeling approaches that consider mathematical models, serving as a reference for existing structural engineering and mechanic problems.
Key problems addressed in this Special Issue include the automation and systematization of complex mechanical problems, enabling significant time savings, the advantages of merging numerical and computational facets of problem-solving processes, and the development of hybrid analytical–numerical techniques. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Design of robust computational methods and simulations;
- Development of parameter-fitting methods and inverse problem strategies in ordinary and partial differential equations;
- Numerical simulation in structural engineering;
- Design optimization of complex structural systems;
- Computational methods in mathematics and structural engineering;
- Multi-scale approaches in structural analysis;
- Multi-physical optimization for structural engineering;
- Integrated numerical and computational methods.
Prof. Dr. Joaquim Infante Barbosa
Dr. José Alberto Rodrigues
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- structural engineering
- mechanical problems
- fluid–structure interactions
- soil–structure interactions
- nonlinear vibration coupled problems structural reliability mathematical modeling multi-scale approaches
- large-scale computation
- multi-physical simulation
- numerical schemes
- optimization
- control methods
- ordinary differential equations
- partial differential equations
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