Design and Manufacturing of Lightweight Materials Process and Structures

Dear Colleagues,

Under the macro-control of the "double carbon" policy, the research and application of material recycling technology and new lightweight materials are imminent. There is an urgent need to solve the technical difficulties that are a general concern in the process of automotive lightweighting technology and industrialisation. Lightweight materials often have different physical and chemical properties from conventional steel and require special machining and joining processes. For example, the forming and cutting of carbon fibre composites require high-precision equipment and complex process control, while the welding of aluminium alloys is prone to defects such as porosity and cracks. In addition, lightweight design requires comprehensive consideration of many aspects of vehicle safety, comfort, and durability. How to achieve multi-objective optimisation in lightweight design is another difficulty in lightweight technology research. A solution to these pain points requires interdisciplinary cooperation and innovation, including joint efforts in a number of fields such as materials science, manufacturing processes, and design optimisation.

The scope of this Call for Papers includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:

• Design and property control of high-strength and high-toughness materials;
• Design and property control of light alloy materials;
• Research and application of integrated design methodology of microstructures, materials, and processes;
• Research on cooperative optimal design methodology for ultra-large structural/functional topology;
• Optimisation of structural parameters driven by deep learning augmented agent models;
• A high-precision simulation method for the integrated manufacturing process of ultra-large components;
• Power battery system and body integration design method;
• Design and manufacture of high-strength steel integrated double door rings;
• Design and manufacture of ultra-large complex thin-walled structural die castings;
• Integrated design and manufacturing of composite structure automotive components.

Prof. Dr. Bo Liu
Dr. Yingchun Bai
Guest Editors

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• design and property control of high-strength and high-toughness materials
• design and property control of light alloy materials
• research and application of integrated design methodology of microstructures, materials, and processes
• research on cooperative optimal design methodology for ultra-large structural/functional topology
• optimisation of structural parameters driven by deep learning augmented agent models
• a high-precision simulation method for the integrated manufacturing process of ultra-large components
• power battery system and body integration design method
• design and manufacture of high-strength steel integrated double door rings
• design and manufacture of ultra-large complex thin-walled structural die castings
• integrated design and manufacturing of composite structure automotive components