Advances in Thin-Walled Structures and Composite Structures
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Composites".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 December 2023) | Viewed by 1144
Special Issue Editor
Interests: composite mechanics; delamination; fatigue; damage tolerance design; failure prediction; fracture mechanics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Due to improved load-bearing capacity, the provision of optimized structural solutions and the effective creation of synergies between structural materials, thin-walled structures, and composite structures have recently attracted widespread attention from researchers in many areas ranging from aerospace, automotive, bridges, ships, wind power, industrial buildings, and sports. The science and technology of thin-walled structures and composite structures have undergone intense development over the last several decades; nevertheless, these topics are still in a phase of progression.
This Special Issue on “Advances in Thin-walled Structures and Composite Structures” primarily aims 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. Original contributions on the design, research and development studies, experimental investigations, theoretical analysis, computational methods, and fabrication techniques relevant to the application of thin-walled structures and composite structures are welcome. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
- Experiments of advanced thin-walled structures and composite structures;
- Mechanical analysis of advanced thin-walled structures and composite structures;
- Numerical simulations of advanced thin-walled structures and composite structures;
- Damage and failure of advanced thin-walled structures and composite structures;
- Design and application of advanced thin-walled structures and composite structures;
- Multiscale modeling of advanced composite materials and structures.
Dr. Yu Gong
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- thin-walled structures
- composite structures
- mechanical properties
- constitutive relation
- failure criterion
- damage and failure
- delamination
- design, analysis, and characterization
- numerical simulations
- experimental investigation
