Advanced Structure Materials and Processing

Dear Colleagues,

Structural materials are materials used or studied primarily for their robust and reliable mechanical properties in numerous engineering applications. Through advanced technologies for processing, microstructural control and shaping (or forming), the functional performance of the structural materials and products can even be tailored. This Special Issue will address the major classes of structural materials such as metals, polymers, composites and ceramics as well as hybrid and other emerging materials. The Special Issue will also deal with recent advances in the processing, material characterization, modeling and simulation of advanced structural materials at different length scales, from the micro- to macroscale. Moreover, it will address the fundamental and broad relationships between materials, processes and their structures and their effects on physical and mechanical properties and various applications.

The topics for Advanced Structured Materials and Processing include but are not limited to:

• Ferrous alloys and steels;
• Non-ferrous metals and alloys (e.g., aluminum, magnesium, titanium and their alloys);
• Polymer or fiber-reinforced composites, CFRP and metal matrix composites (MMCs);
• Cellular materials, metallic foams, etc.;
• Porous materials;
• Structural materials for bioapplications;
• The simulation and modeling of structural materials;
• Constitutive modeling for advanced structural materials;
• The multiscale modeling of structural materials;
• Microstructure characterizations for structural materials;
• Advanced processing for structure materials;
• The forming and shaping of structure materials;
• The joining of structure materials

Prof. Dr. Myoung-Gyu Lee
Prof. Dr. Heng Li
Prof. Dr. Filippo Berto
Guest Editors

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