Advances in Structural Engineering and Materials: Numerical Simulations and Experimental Testing
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Mechanics of Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2026 | Viewed by 334
Editors
Interests: structural engineering; numerical simulations (FEM, DEM); testing and measurements; vibrations; modal analysis; signal processing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is my great pleasure to invite you to contribute to the second volume of this Special Issue, related to structural engineering and materials. Based on our experience of the first volume, that can be accessed here https://www.mdpi.com/journal/materials/special_issues/Struct_Analysis_Mat_Finite_Elem_Modeling, we decided to run this second volume with an extended scope. Therefore, this volume is not limited to only the Finite Element Method; instead, we encourage manuscripts that focus on rapidly developing methods, such as CFD, DEM, and many others, which play a crucial role in the development of structures and materials.
In recent years, there have been rapid developments in the area of structural engineering and materials, as well as testing and simulation methods. Areas of application include the space, automotive, and sport industries, resulting in many daily use components.
Properly modeling the behavior of complex structures and materials in their macro/microstructure to reflect novel properties and mechanical behavior is a great challenge, (e.g., noise isolation, radiation protection, heat transfer, lightweight, and metamaterials), though this is necessary for the purpose of their application in structural analysis simulations of load bearing structures.
This Special Issue calls for the submission of research papers and review articles that focus on the challenge of the simulation and testing of complex, special purpose, and novel structures and materials. Research papers focusing on simulations and testing corresponding to a great variety of scientific and engineering applications, in addition to case studies, are welcome to be submitted. Manuscripts presenting experimental verification are also of great value, and presentations of highly complex numerical simulations and their proper discussion are also welcome.
Dr. Damian Pietrusiak
Guest Editor
Dr. Piotr Odyjas
Guest Editor Assistant
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Materials is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- structural analysis
- finite element analysis (FEA)
- computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
- discrete element method (DEM)
- testing and measurements
- novel materials
- extraterrestrial materials
- engineering application
- modeling and simulations
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