Recent Developments in Elasticity of Advanced Composites, Porous Materials and Perforated Structures
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Mechanics of Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2026 | Viewed by 23
Special Issue Editor
Interests: elastic inclusion theory; mechanics of porous materials; thin film dislocation mechanism; fracture of smart materials; mathematical methods involved in elastic mechanics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As is known, defects such as pores, cracks and inclusions commonly appear in various materials and structures at all scales. The geometric configurations and distributions of these defects play crucial roles in determining the local concentration behavior and overall macroscopic properties of the hosting materials and structures. It has been a lasting trend in mechanics, applied mathematics and engineering to explore the local and overall mechanical responses of these materials and structures to external stimuli, and several analytic and numerical schemes have been developed for this purpose. This Special Issue will report recent developments in analytic solutions, efficient algorithms, and intrinsic phenomena for the elastic behavior of advanced composites, porous materials, and perforated structures at either the macroscale or small scale.
Dr. Ming Dai
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- inclusion
- hole
- stress concentration
- effective properties
- composite materials
- porous materials
- soft materials
- surface tension
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