Application of Composite Materials in the Railway Industry
A special issue of Journal of Composites Science (ISSN 2504-477X). This special issue belongs to the section "Composites Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 March 2023) | Viewed by 543
Special Issue Editors
Interests: railway engineering training; track structure; railway ballast; composite sleeper; LCC
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: track degradation; railway inspection; FEM modelling; smart maintenance; railway SHM
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Composite and polymeric materials are currently in widespread use. However, it is crucial to identify ways to recover and reuse these materials in useful and profitable applications in order to increase their sustainability and prevent their waste from ending up in landfills or the environment. It has become crucial to include them in the process of creating a more circular economy in order to assist in developing a future that is resource-efficient.
The usage of advanced composite materials in railway applications is constantly growing due to the high strength-to-weight ratios, the capacity to create complicated geometries, lower maintenance costs, and increased performance when subjected to harmful environmental conditions.
Therefore, the main focus of the forthcoming Special Issue is to present inspiring cutting-edge concepts and innovative applications of composite materials in railway infrastructure. For this Issue we encourage the submission of articles that employ analytical and experimental investigations as well as artificial intelligence, including machine/deep learning and other evolving concepts of data-driven approaches to improve the composite design of railway components, with a focus on how to implement composite materials in railway infrastructure.
Prof. Dr. Guoqing Jing
Dr. Haoyu Wang
Dr. Peyman Aela
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- composite materials
- railway infrastructure
- vibration mitigation
- 3D printing
- sustainable development
