Advancements in the Structural Integrity of Composite Materials
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Mechanics of Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2025 | Viewed by 1390
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polymer-based composites; polymer-based nanocomposites; mechanical behavior
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Dear Colleagues,
The utilization of composite materials is progressively supplanting traditional materials such as metals due to their advantageous properties, including lightness, high strength, design flexibility, and extended service life. However, this transition presents challenges in designing composite structures, forecasting damage initiation and progression, and establishing safe operational limits to ensure structural integrity. Addressing these complexities, this Special Issue aims to furnish essential data, models, and tools crucial for understanding structural integrity and predicting the lifetimes of composite materials. This endeavor necessitates the use of sophisticated mathematical, computational, and experimental methodologies. Therefore, we invite scholars to contribute original research and review papers focusing on enhancing the reliability of structural integrity in composite materials through precise and efficient modeling, design, analysis, experimental validation, and other pertinent approaches.
Dr. Paulo Nobre Balbis dos Reis
Dr. Luis Miguel Marques Ferreira
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fiber-reinforced polymer
- composite 3D printing
- structural integrity
- testing
- numerical modeling
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