Composite Materials: Nonlinear Behavior and Analytical Methods in Bending, Buckling, and Vibration
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Composites".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 January 2026
Special Issue Editor
Interests: Nonlinear dynamics; Vibration and impact; Vibration and bending; Thermo-dynamic; Vibration control
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Dear Colleagues,
Composite materials have been widely used in various applications such as aerospace, marine, automotive structures, and other industries due to their high strength and stiffness, extraordinarily low density, excellent environmental resistance, and the ability to tailor properties. Currently, although some important research breakthroughs have been achieved regarding the bending, buckling, and vibration problems of various composite materials, there are still great challenges related to the theoretical analysis, numerical simulation, and experimental tests of their nonlinear behaviors. Firstly, it is difficult to develop some precise analytical methods for predicting the nonlinear behavior of anisotropic materials and structures due to the complexity of geometric and material nonlinearities. Furthermore, nonlinear analytical models and experimental investigations relating to the bending, buckling, and vibration issues of composite materials and structures are relatively limited. In addition, a large number of composite materials and structures often serve in multi-field coupling environments, which further increases the complexity and difficulty of research. Therefore, these issues are hot topics, and much effort should be devoted to researching the above areas for a long time to come.
It is my pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews are all welcome.
Hui Li
Guest Editor
Prof. Dr. HUI LI
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- composite materials
- nonlinear vibration
- nonlinear bending
- nonlinear buckling
- analytical methods
- experimental tests
- material nonlinearity
- multi-field coupling
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