New Trends in Design Engineering

Dear Colleagues,

In the current and complex mechanical engineering environment, computational modeling and simulation represent vital tools for gaining understanding and optimizing product designs and manufacturing processes at different levels. Today, the huge growth in computational power available for design, modeling, and simulation provides modern computational methods with a significant role in the analysis and optimization of many complex processes and designs, allowing them to be completed in a fast and effective manner, saving costs, time, and reducing waste. Therefore, it becomes essential to stay up to date with the latest trends and developments in the field of Mechanics.

We encourage submissions to this Special Issue which aim at sharing knowledge, experience, and up-to-date scientific information in the areas of design engineering, providing an overview on methodologies, tools, and applications for understanding how the application of emerging technologies impact critical engineering activities, such as product design, manufacturing, management and integration of information along the life cycle of the product/system. This Special Issue shall provide a comprehensive coverage of the experimental, computational, and analytical approaches that are usually employed to implement new products and processes in several different fields (automotive, biomedical, civil, aeronautics, etc.). These approaches also frequently aim to improve current products and processes, basing on new approaches to implement technologies. This Special Issue will not only be useful for researchers in these areas, but also for engineers engaged with advanced design and manufacturing problems.

This Special Issue will publish original contributions related but not limited to the topics described in the keywords.

Prof. Dr. Francisco Cavas Martínez
Guest Editor

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