Multi-Scale Modeling of Material Behavior in Engineering Environments

Dear Colleagues,

The use of materials by humans determines their interactions with the environment and technological possibilities to such an extent that many eras took their name from the main material in use. The spectrum of materials used and the technical possibilities of controlling their properties are constantly expanding, which is associated with the need to implement new types of experiments. Modern research techniques allow us to describe and model not only individual properties of materials but also complex relationships between them and hybrid environmental impacts and to take into account changes occurring in the structure during operation. We understand multi-scale modeling as the connection of phenomena occurring on the smallest scale, microscopic, with changes in the structure on the meso scale and their impact on macroscopically observed processes occurring during the production, processing, and operation of materials. This modeling also includes a comprehensive representation of the conditions of cooperation and degradation processes of materials in various environments during simulation. “Behavior” is a term used in a wide range of sciences. We apply it to materials in the sense that we can study, predict, and simulate the desired reactions of the material to stimuli that can be easily controlled.

Wide access to the results of experiments conducted so far and the possibility of mass processing of large amounts of data create conditions for the use of machine learning and the development of new models and algorithms. It would not be possible to harness computational techniques for modeling materials and structures if it were not for the availability of an increasingly adequate apparatus describing the working environment and effective analytical solutions in this area. Since models characterizing changes in the properties of engineering materials are constantly being deepened and specified, it is advisable to collect the latest achievements in this area in one edition.

We encourage authors to share their own thoughts and new achievements in the field of multidimensional modeling of engineering materials. The Special Issue currently being prepared is an excellent opportunity for this.

The planned thematic scope of this Special Issue may include the following:

1. Modeling the technology of manufacturing a complex material structure;
2. Studies of material degradation processes at various scales and in various environments;
3. Simulations of phenomena and processes of transformation in the structure of materials.

Dr. Kazimierz Drozd
Dr. Shengtai Zhou
Guest Editors

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