Using Optimization Techniques and Artificial Intelligence in Improving Quality of Coatings
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 17
Special Issue Editors
Interests: thermal analysis of mechanical systems; multiphysics analysis; optimization methods
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Interests: theory and method of status monitoring and fault diagnosis in industrial systems; design and modeling of electromagnetic components
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Interests: mechanical design and theory; signal test and system analysis; mathematical model and simulation of controller
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Coating technologies are widely applied in many different industries, such as in gas turbine engines, to protect important parts from various extreme environmental conditions. The life span of coatings is short because of the mismatch in material properties between the different layers, mechanical load cycling, and thermal loads. Therefore, fatigue and fracture analysis for coatings has a significant effect on improving the life span of the systems. Optimization techniques and artificial intelligence should also be applied to significantly enhance the quality of coatings.
The scope of this Special Issue includes (1) the application of coating techniques; （2）strategies for increasing the manufacturing quality of coatings; (3) the application of fatigue and fracture analysis technology in operational processes; (4) experimental technology used to confirm fatigue and fractures in the operational process; and (5) the use of optimization methods and artificial intelligence to mitigate fatigue and fractures.
We believe these methods of data collection can be widely applied in other industry fields and therefore hope that they can accelerate the development of this research topic.
We look forward to receiving your support and contributions.
Dr. Zhenzhe Li
Dr. Yong Li
Guest Editors
Dr. Ming Ren
Dr. Fengxun Li
Guest Editor Assistants
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Keywords
- coatings
- fatigue analysis
- fracture mechanics
- optimization and artificial intelligence
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