Computational Approaches and Additive Manufacturing Technologies: Exploiting Design Synergies in Polymer-Based Materials and Structures
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Physics and Theory".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2025 | Viewed by 51
Special Issue Editors
Interests: (bio)materials science and technology; multiscale modeling
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Interests: electrospinning; biomaterials; biomedical polymers; piezoelectric materials; smart materials; tissue engineering; advanced in vitro models
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Interests: design for additive manufacturing; reverse engineering; 3D/4D printing; bioprinting; design methods; creative design; design of experiments; mechanical analysis; modeling and simulation; lattice structures; lightweight structures; biomechanics; biomimetics and bioinspiration; prosthesis design; scaffold design for tissue engineering; design of drug delivery systems; computer-aided molecular design; dental materials; nanomaterials; polymers and composites
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Additive manufacturing and computational approaches, along with their synergistic employment, have revolutionized numerous engineering fields by expanding the design and fabrication possibilities for materials and structures. Specifically, the advancement of computational strategies, potentially supported by artificial intelligence methodologies, has provided scientists with the ability to predict the structural behavior of final products, thus optimizing product design and reducing the time to market.
This Special Issue is devoted to presenting recent developments in understanding the synergies between computational modeling and advanced fabrication approaches for polymer-based materials and devices.
Papers may report on original research or methodological aspects, review the current state of the art, or offer perspectives on future prospects.
Specific topics of this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Unconventional design approaches including, but not limited to, the application of Artificial Intelligence Techniques;
- Multiscale modeling (from the atomistic to the macro-scale (finite element modeling));
- Physico-chemical characterization;
- Mechanical characterization (e.g., fatigue, creep, and fracture);
- (Nano)composites;
- Coatings;
- (Bio)materials;
- Design of bioinspired and biomimetic materials and devices;
- Computational optimization techniques;
- Performance-based design.
Dr. Mario Milazzo
Dr. Serena Danti
Dr. Russo Teresa
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- mechanical behavior
- artificial intelligence
- additive manufacturing
- design for additive manufacturing
- structural optimization
- interfaces
- contact analysis
- multiscale modeling
- finite element modeling
