Perspectives in Dynamic Modeling and Control: Applications to Structural Engineering
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 December 2025
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nonlinear dynamics; biophysics; shell structures; modal dynamics
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Special Issue Information
This Special Issue is open to original research that can shed light on contemporary issues related to high-performance structures, particularly in the context of sustainable development and biophysics. Current challenges in the physics of structures and structural qualification call for new developments in highly non-linear elements, thermodynamic interactions between structures and fluids, and structural control.
In concrete terms, non-linear models lead to new mathematical and analytical approaches, defining the framework for new numerical methods that extend finite elements. These include particle methods (typically Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics—the SPH technique) and integral methods (boundary or singularity elements). These modeling techniques can deliver a wide variety of results and information.
Interactions between thin structures (Mindlin–Reissner) and fluids (perfect or real) complement and extend the above-mentioned developments and lead to numerous applications linked to sustainable development (e.g., dynamic modes of cryogenic reservoirs) and biophysics (cellular thermodynamics and organic dynamics).
Finally, structural thermodynamic control is a highly relevant current field. Model synthesis and reduction through material and numerical tests is a major challenge in structural certification. Active dynamic control, which recently led to the generalized predictive control of unstable flexible structures, is a major asset for the qualification and control of dynamic bifurcation. This Special Issue welcomes contributions on all these points.
Dr. Yves Gourinat
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- high-performance structures
- dynamic modeling
- structural control
- non-linear models
- structural thermodynamic control
- active dynamic control
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