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Mechanical Behaviour of Advanced Metal and Composite Materials

A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Composites".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 October 2024 | Viewed by 1478

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Raffaele Ciardiello

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Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Torino, Italy
Interests: mechanical properties of composite materials and structures; multifunctional composite materials; structural health monitoring; structural design optimisation; adhesive joining methodology; reversible adhesive; adhesive joints for composite materials
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Dr. Carlo Boursier Niutta

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Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Turin, Italy
Interests: high-cycle and very high-cycle fatigue; structural integrity of composite and additively manufactured materials; size effect and fatigue failure; numerical modelling of damage and failure
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

With this Special Issue, titled “Mechanical Behaviour of Advanced Composite Materials”, we aim to collate original research and review papers on key topics related to advanced composite materials, including:

  • Materials: short and long fibre-reinforced polymers, prepregs, hybrid materials, including metal/composite and hybrid/fibre composites, 3D printing materials, and bio-inspired structures.
  • Industrial fields: aerospace, ground-based transportation, marine, renewable energies, civil engineering, sports and leisure, medical, and agricultural applications.
  • Topics: structural optimisation, material design, multifunctional materials, structural health monitoring, mechanical properties of structures, advanced testing, numerical modelling, and material modelling at different scales.
  • Structural behaviour investigation: standard and non-standard experimental methodologies (tensile, compressive, bending, shear, impact, fatigue, crash testing, hardness, etc.), uniaxial and multiaxial testing, study on anisotropy, fracture and damage (damage characterisation and modelling), joining of composite materials, multifunctional materials, applications of numerical techniques for advanced modelling, multiscale modelling, structural optimisation methods for lightweight design of structures.

This Special Issue aims to provide an overview of the latest innovations related to advanced composite materials. The Issue focuses on experimental, numerical, and analytical studies on different aspects of fibre-reinforced polymer-based materials and their applications, with a specific focus on the mechanical properties.

Dr. Raffaele Ciardiello
Dr. Carlo Boursier Niutta
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Materials is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • advanced composite materials
  • mechanical response
  • material modelling
  • polymers
  • joining composites
  • finite element modelling
  • multiscale modelling
  • damage
  • fracture

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Mechanical and Thermal Characterization of Bamboo and Interlaminar Hybrid Bamboo/Synthetic Fibre-Reinforced Epoxy Composites
by Matilde Oliveira, Vitor Neves and Mariana D. Banea
Materials 2024, 17(8), 1777; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17081777 - 12 Apr 2024
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The main objective of this study was to investigate the mechanical and thermal properties of bamboo, as well as interlaminar hybrid composites reinforced with both bamboo and synthetic fibres in an epoxy matrix. Bamboo and glass, aramid, and carbon bidirectional fabrics were used [...] Read more.
The main objective of this study was to investigate the mechanical and thermal properties of bamboo, as well as interlaminar hybrid composites reinforced with both bamboo and synthetic fibres in an epoxy matrix. Bamboo and glass, aramid, and carbon bidirectional fabrics were used with a bi-component epoxy matrix to fabricate the composite materials using the vacuum bagging process. The synthetic fabrics were placed on the outer layers, while the bamboo fabrics were used as the core of the hybrid composites. The developed composites were characterized and compared in terms of morphological, physical, and mechanical properties. Further, thermogravimetric (TGA) analysis was used to measure and compare the degradation temperature of the composites studied. Finally, a Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) analysis was performed in order to examine the fracture surfaces of the specimens tested. It was found that the fibre hybridization technique significantly improved the general mechanical properties. TGA analysis showed an increase in the thermal stability of the composites obtained by incorporating the synthetic fibres, confirming the effect of hybridization and efficient fibre matrix interfacial adhesion. The results from this work showed that the use of synthetic fibre reinforcements can help to significantly improve the mechanical and thermal properties of bamboo fibre-reinforced composites. Full article
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Wear Analysis of NiTi Sand Screens Using Altair Discrete Element Method
by Azubuike Hope Amadi, Mysara Mohyaldinn, Abdullah Abduljabbar, Syahrir Ridha, Prasad Avilala and Gabriel Tayo Owolabi
Materials 2024, 17(2), 281; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17020281 - 05 Jan 2024
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This research explores discrete element method analysis to investigate the wear of NiTi Sand Screens in comparison to traditional materials. The study utilized Altair EDEM v2022.2 software and employed Oka and Archard models to simulate the wear behavior of Nitinol, a well-established Shape [...] Read more.
This research explores discrete element method analysis to investigate the wear of NiTi Sand Screens in comparison to traditional materials. The study utilized Altair EDEM v2022.2 software and employed Oka and Archard models to simulate the wear behavior of Nitinol, a well-established Shape Memory Alloy (SMA). The mechanical properties considered include Poisson’s ratio, solid density, shear modulus, and Young modulus. Results indicate significantly higher wear values and deformations with the Oka model compared to negligible wear with the Archard model. The Oka model’s emphasis on impact as the primary wear mechanism, supported by high normal cumulative energy, better represents sand screen wear phenomena. Additionally, this study indicates that factors such as particle size distribution and normal and tangential cumulative contact energy hold potential as predictors of wear response and characteristics. The Oka model demonstrated that NiTi exhibited reduced wear losses compared to SUS630 and Cr–Mn white cast iron, both of which are recognized for their high toughness when subjected to an impact load. Experimental analysis validated the simulation findings with morphological and graphical erosion plots. The limitation of observing the shape memory effect through DEM (discrete element method) simulation was acknowledged. Recommendations include characterizing post-wear microstructural changes, exploring the influence of temperature on wear behavior, and further research to refine wear models and understand SMA sand screen responses. Full article
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