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Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Mechanical Analysis of Composite Materials
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Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Mechanical Analysis of Composite Materials

A special issue of Journal of Composites Science (ISSN 2504-477X). This special issue belongs to the section "Composites Modelling and Characterization".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 321

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Prof. Dr. Jacques Lamon

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Laboratoire de Mécanique Paris-Saclay, Ecole Normale Supérieure, University Paris-Saclay, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Interests: fracture mechanics of composites; strength of fibers and multifilament tows; probabilistic approaches to fracture
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Prof. Dr. Jacob Aboudi

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Faculty of Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel
Interests: elastodynamics; viscoelasticity; elastoplasticity; wave propagation; composite materials; fracture mechanics; contact problems and applied numerical solutions of partial diferential equations
Prof. Dr. Xin-Lin Gao

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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275-0337, USA
Interests: micromechanics; homogenization; mechanics of composites; metamaterials; 3D-printed composites

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Composite materials are critical in many applications, and they can replace metallic materials in many systems or goods. Their range of applications is very broad, from room temperature to very high temperatures, and in ambient or severe environments. The composites of interest here consist of a matrix (polymers, ceramics, including carbon, and metals) reinforced by continuous and long fibers (ceramic, carbon, vegetal, Kevlar, etc.). The large variety of possible combinations of matrix and fiber types allows for the design of composite materials tailored to application requirements and performances. Composite engineering provides materials with properties superior to the properties of constituents considered separately.

Fiber-reinforced composites are heterogeneous and anisotropic materials. Mechanical analysis requires appropriate and specific approaches. Several issues are still unsolved, and questions are still open with a view to being able to properly characterize and safely predict the mechanical behavior and failure of components.

This Special Issue aims to cover the state of the art in the mechanical analysis of composites, modern developments, and innovative applications. Original research and review articles are welcome.

Prof. Dr. Jacques Lamon
Prof. Dr. Jacob Aboudi
Prof. Dr. Xin-Lin Gao
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • polymer matrix composites
  • ceramic matrix composites
  • carbon/carbon composites
  • metallic matrix composites
  • fracture
  • damage
  • fatigue
  • creep
  • finite element analysis
  • simulation
  • numerical modeling
  • multiscale modeling
  • mechanical testing
  • NDE
  • acoustic emission
  • fractography

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A Unified Size-Dependent Theory for Analyzing the Free Vibration Behavior of an FG Microplate Under Fully Simply Supported Conditions and Magneto-Electro-Thermo-Mechanical Loads Considering Couple Stress and Thickness Stretching Effects
by Chih-Ping Wu and Cheng-Dao Hsu
J. Compos. Sci. 2025, 9(5), 201; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs9050201 - 24 Apr 2025
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This work develops a unified size-dependent shear deformation theory (SDSDT) to analyze the free vibration behavior of a functionally graded (FG) magneto-electro-elastic (MEE) microplate under fully simply supported conditions, open- or closed-circuit surface conditions, biaxial compression, magnetic and electric potentials, and uniform temperature [...] Read more.
This work develops a unified size-dependent shear deformation theory (SDSDT) to analyze the free vibration behavior of a functionally graded (FG) magneto-electro-elastic (MEE) microplate under fully simply supported conditions, open- or closed-circuit surface conditions, biaxial compression, magnetic and electric potentials, and uniform temperature changes based on consistent couple stress theory (CCST). The FG-MEE microplate is composed of BaTiO3 (a piezoelectric material) and CoFe2O4 (a magnetostrictive material). Various CCST-based SDSDTs, considering couple stress and thickness stretching effects, can be reproduced by employing a generalized shape function that characterizes shear deformation distributions along the thickness direction within the unified SDSDT. These CCST-based SDSDTs encompass the size-dependent classical plate theory (CPT), first-order shear deformation theory (SDT), Reddy’s refined SDT, exponential SDT, sinusoidal SDT, and hyperbolic SDT. The unified SDSDT is validated by comparing its solutions with relevant three-dimensional solutions available in the literature. After validation and comparison studies, we conduct a parametric study, whose results indicate that the effects of thickness stretching, material length-scale parameter, inhomogeneity index, and length-to-thickness ratio, as well as the magnitude of biaxial compressive forces, electric potential, magnetic potential, and uniform temperature changes significantly impact the microplate’s natural frequency. Full article
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Fracture Behavior of Additively Manufactured Carbon Fiber Reinforced Acrylonitrile-Styrene-Acrylate Containing Cracks and Notches
by Sergio Cicero, Sergio Arrieta, Fabrizia Devito, Borja Arroyo and Fulvio Lavecchia
J. Compos. Sci. 2025, 9(4), 185; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs9040185 - 11 Apr 2025
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Within the context of the increasing use of additive manufacturing techniques and the corresponding need to understand the behavior of 3D-printed materials, this paper analyzes the fracture behavior of additively manufactured carbon fiber reinforced (10 wt.%) acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylate (ASA) with three different raster orientations [...] Read more.
Within the context of the increasing use of additive manufacturing techniques and the corresponding need to understand the behavior of 3D-printed materials, this paper analyzes the fracture behavior of additively manufactured carbon fiber reinforced (10 wt.%) acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylate (ASA) with three different raster orientations (90/0, 45/−45, 30/−60). The analyzed material (ASA-CF10) combines the remarkable resistance to weathering agents typical of ASA with the enhanced mechanical properties resulting from the inclusion of carbon fiber reinforcement. The analysis is performed on single-edge-notched bending (SENB) specimens containing different types of defects, from cracks to U-notches with notch radii of 0.5 mm, 1 mm and 2 mm. When compared to non-reinforced ASA, the fracture resistance is noticeably higher (nearly double) for the reinforced material in all raster orientations. The notch effect, defined as the increase in the fracture resistance when the notch radius increases, is analyzed through the Theory of Critical Distances (TCD), and it is mostly higher in the reinforced material than in the pristine polymer. These observations are supported by Scanning Electron Microscopy analyses. Full article
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