Special Issue "Advanced Materials for Defense: Designing for Performance"
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2020) | Viewed by 24027
Special Issue Editors
2. Centre for Textile Science and Technology (2C2T), University of Minho, 4710-057 Guimarães, Portugal
Interests: fibrous and composite materials; nanofibers; advanced textiles; smart composites
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Interests: CBRN protective materials; nanofibers; natural fibers; functionalization of fibrous structures; synthesis of nanoparticles; piezoresistive materials; localized drug delivery systems; wound dressing systems; photodynamic therapy
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Interests: computational and applied mechanics; impulsive dynamics; structural dynamics; materials, structures and systems for energy absorption; armour and protection systems; sports impact and human bio-dynamics, crashworthiness, numerical and analytical methods
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
I would like to invite you to submit your research to the Special Issue of Applied Sciences on “Advanced Materials for Defense: Designing for Performance”. This Special Issue aims to attract leading researchers in the area of advanced materials to be used in the defence field in an effort to highlight the latest exciting developments to promote concrete applications.
Accepted contributions will include topics within the scope of the following domains:
Air domain
Performance / Low-Weight Design for military Applications;
Improved Modeling of failure and damage propagation;
Materials for additive manufacturing;
High-temperature composites for missiles and jet engines;
Integration of Structural Health Monitoring Systems.
Naval domain
Self-healing materials or coatings;
Monitoring of signature;
New armored solutions;
Repair by additive manufacturing;
Structural health monitoring of structures;
Lightweight Structure / New design concept for deck with metallic solutions.
Land domain
Reparability (monitoring, repair, assessment);
New lighter protections;
New protection capability with light weight structures;
New lighter protections for soldier.
Cross-cutting domain
Graphene-based technologies;
Novel manufacturing processes, automated layer up, and in-situ process verification;
Multifunctional materials for dynamic, multispectral camouflage;
Self-indicating materials;
Structural health monitoring and verification of manufacturing processes;
or Smart textiles to collect, analyse and transmit information, to protect.
Best Regards,
Prof. Dr. Raul Fangueiro;
Dr. Filipe Teixeira-Dias;
Dr. Diana Ferreira
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ballistic and blast materials;
- camaleonic materials;
- auxetic materials;
- multiscale and multygrade materials;
- shear thickness fluids;
- materials energy and impact absorption;
- selfsensing composites;
- smart textiles;
- smart composites;
- materials for CBRN detection/protection;