Fatigue Damage, Fracture Mechanics of Structures and Materials
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Mechanics of Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2026 | Viewed by 418
Special Issue Editors
Interests: composite mechanics; delamination; fatigue; damage tolerance design; failure prediction; fracture mechanics
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Dear Colleagues,
Fatigue and fracture are the main forms of structural failure in service. According to relevant data, the annual losses caused by fatigue and fracture are equivalent to about 4% of the total national economic output value. Therefore, countries around the world attach great importance to the study of fatigue and fracture mechanisms and their preventive measures. The research and application of fatigue and fracture involve important industries and key fields such as aerospace, transportation, building materials, metallurgy and minerals, petrochemicals, and transportation. The science and technology of fatigue and fracture in various materials and structures have undergone intense development over the last several decades; nevertheless, this field is still in a phase of progression.
The main goal of the Special Issue on “Fatigue Damage, Fracture Mechanics of Structures and Materials” is to address the safety evaluation and life prediction issues of materials and structures, promote theoretical research and technological applications in the field of fatigue and fracture around the world, serve economic construction and social development, and strengthen exchanges, discussions, and cooperation among experts and scholars in this field. Original contributions on the design, research and development studies, experimental investigations, theoretical analysis, and computational methods relevant to the fatigue and fracture of materials and structures are welcome. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Experiments of advanced materials and structures;
- Fatigue and fracture mechanics;
- Microscopic mechanisms of fatigue and fracture in advanced materials and structures;
- Research on the failure theory of typical materials and structures;
- Numerical simulations of fatigue and fracture in advanced materials and structures;
- Lifecycle damage failure and life prediction of structures;
- Fatigue and fracture engineering applications in key industries;
- Design and application of advanced materials and structures for fatigue prevention and control;
- New advances and technologies in the field of fatigue and fracture;
- Multiscale modeling of advanced composite materials and structures;
Dr. Yu Gong
Dr. Meijuan Shan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- materials and structures
- failure mechanism
- mechanical properties
- fatigue damage
- fracture mechanics
- constitutive relation
- failure criterion
- design, analysis and characterization
- numerical simulations
- experimental investigation
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