Advanced Materials for Aerospace Engineering
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Manufacturing Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 December 2021) | Viewed by 8565
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Since Orville and Wilbur Wright first decided to power their flyer with a purpose-built, cast aluminum engine to meet the specific requirements for high power to weight ratio, new materials have been necessary to continuously improve and to advance the aerospace engineering. At present, two imperatives are influencing the design process characterizing the aerospace industry: a more efficient aircraft (based on the use of advanced lightweight materials, on the decrease of life cycle costs and particularly operating costs) and reduction of noise and pollutant substance emissions for aircraft and spacecraft typical missions. In light of this, the research for advanced materials in aerospace engineering moves the state of the art for aerospace design a little farther every day. Therefore, the roles of materials engineering, manufacturing techniques, and the need for multidisciplinary optimization in the design process are strongly interlinked.
The goal of this Special Issue on “Advanced Materials for Aerospace Engineering” is to present the latest findings and to promote further research in the areas of advanced materials in aerospace engineering. Contributions are encouraged which cover different areas of the advanced materials engineering, applied to the aerospace industry: metamaterials, smart materials and structures with health management integrated systems, active materials, multiscale material design, nonconventional composite laminates, materials surface treatments, and so on.
This Special Issue welcomes submissions able to provide the new material landscape in which metallic and composite materials alike continue to be developed and improved to offer an ever-improving performance to the aerospace industry.
Prof. Dr. Gennaro Scarselli
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Composite materials and layered structures
- Lightweight materials
- Materials with embedded sensors
- Smart materials and structures
- Biomaterials
- Metamaterials for aerospace
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