Design and Development of Energy-Absorbing Composites
A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352). This special issue belongs to the section "Hybrid and Composite Crystalline Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 March 2022)
Special Issue Editors
2. Center for Sustainable Future Technologies – CSFT, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia – IIT Via Livorno 60, 10144 Torino, Italy
Interests: materials science; physics and astronomy; engineering
Interests: crash-box; honeycomb structures; crashworthiness
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The development of energy-absorbing composites is a rapidly growing scientific field that combines chemistry, theoretical predictions and material testing. Such composites are most commonly used in industry, where high demand for materials combining low density, good crashworthiness parameters and high structural stiffness is observed. In practical application, the focus is on decreasing the acceleration that is exerted on the human body during a crash or any other dynamic process.
This Special Issue covers all state-of-the-art works including experimental research, simulation, modelling, reviews and communications concerning various energy-absorbing composites. Typical energy-absorbing composites include steel, aluminum and other alloys (especially light alloys) combined with polymers, aluminum foams, magnesium foam and any other lightweight material. This group of materials also has the advantage of different geometric patterns, such as honeycomb structures or so-called crash-box structures. Alternative solutions for steel-based energy-absorbing materials are also welcome. From the fabrication and synthesis to the characterization methods and applications, all studies evaluating the use of energy-absorbing materials can be considered in this Special Issue. The high demand for energy-absorbing materials has placed them at the center of research activities in this field.
We believe that this compilation will be an extraordinary source of new ideas for the relevant field. Moreover, contributions presented in this Special Issue will have great potential to be used as a reference by the relevant research groups and industries due to its accessibility.
Dr. Fabrizio Pirri
Dr. Paweł Kaczyński
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Energy-absorbing composites
- Crashworthiness
- Functional materials
- Simulation
- Metallurgy
- Material characterization
