Composite Production and Performance Evaluation for Upcoming Transportation Technologies

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue seeks to establish a high-caliber multidisciplinary forum for the dissemination and critical discussion of recent advances, prevailing challenges, and emerging trends in the domains of composite materials, advanced manufacturing, and performance analysis for aviation and automotive engineering applications. Current composite research emphasizes advanced fabrication techniques like automated fiber placement, additive manufacturing, and hybrid integration to enhance efficiency and reliability. Aviation applications focuses on high-temperature resistance, fatigue tolerance, and multifunctional performance, while automotive applications prioritizes lightweighting, crashworthiness, and recyclability. Emerging trends include nanocomposites, smart materials, and digitalization through AI, digital twins, and predictive modeling, thereby bridging laboratory advances with industrial deployment.

The main topics encompass a wide range of subjects related to composite structures in mobility systems, including innovative materials (e.g., carbon fiber composites, natural fiber-reinforced polymers, and hybrid laminates), automated and high-speed fabrication techniques, computational modeling and simulation, AI and big data applications for design optimization, structural health monitoring systems, non-destructive testing, and multi-scale performance analysis. Emphasis is placed on lightweighting strategies, sustainability, and the integration of smart functionalities to meet the evolving demands of the aerospace and automotive industries.

Dr. Ahmad Hamdan Ariffin
Guest Editor

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