Geometrical and Structural Design of Load Bearing Composites, Volume II

Dear Colleagues,

The Special Issue, “Geometrical and Structural Design of Load Bearing Composites”, aims to bring you the latest advances in composite materials, where the focus is on geometrical design optimisation and its influence on mechanical behaviour. Mechanical behaviour guides the way in which we design and use structures and components in a wide variety of industrial settings (e.g. aerospace, automotive, defence, renewable energy, biomedical, construction). High-end properties such as strength, stiffness, impact-resistance, and fatigue life, are important to couple to low weight, low cost and ease of manufacturing. Cellular solids and the structural arrangement of composites are examples of enablers of such couplings, but there remains considerable room for further advancements in the science, engineering and mechanical design in each of these areas. Original research papers, short communications and review articles are solicited for this Special Issue, with particular focus in the following areas.

• Mechanical behaviour and properties (stress/strain/time relationships) of composite materials in relation to their structures, lay-ups, and architectures;
• Geometrical characterisation of composites in relation to mechanical behaviour;
• Fracture, failure and plasticity of composites that couple geometrical design and mechanical properties;
• Mechanical behaviour of cellular solids and mechanical metamaterials;
• Mechanical behaviour of sandwich composites with a focus on geometrical/structural design;
• 3D printing/additive manufacturing of cellular solids and mechanical metamaterials as applied to load bearing composites;
• Biomimetic mechanical design of composites and cellular solids;
• Kirigami and origami structures as applied to load bearing composites;
• Modelling and simulation of cellular solids, mechanical metamaterials and internal composite architectures with a focus on geometry and design, and as applied to load-bearing composites.

Dr. Parvez Alam
Guest Editor

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• sandwich structures/sandwich composites
• cellular solids
• geometrical design
• mechanical metamaterials
• origami and kirigami mechanical materials
• structural design
• composite architectures
• composite design
• additive manufacture/3D printing
• biomimetic design