Mechanics of Sustainable Engineering Materials: Performance, Degradation and Applications
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Mechanics of Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Performance testing and structural failure analysis of advanced materials
Interests: Computational mechanics; Crystal plasticity; Fatigue and damage modeling; Multiphysics modeling; AI-assisted multiscale simulation
Interests: macro- and meso-scale constitutive-damage model under extreme loadings
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce this Special Issue entitled “Mechanics of Sustainable Engineering Materials: Performance, Degradation and Applications”, which aims to advance the development and long-term application of sustainable materials in demanding engineering environments.
Amid growing concerns over material scarcity, energy usage, and environmental impact, there is an increasing demand for materials that combine cost-effectiveness with high performance across a wide range of structural and functional applications. This has prompted intensive research into next-generation engineering materials—often based on alternative raw materials or byproduct streams—whose mechanical behavior and durability are enhanced through microstructural design and architectural optimization. Rather than compromising serviceability, such innovations aim to ensure structural integrity and mechanical reliability under complex working conditions involving wear, cyclic loading, thermal gradients, and chemical exposure. These approaches are being actively explored and implemented in various sectors such as aerospace, semiconductor, civil infrastructure, transportation, mining, and energy systems.
This Special Issue focuses on the mechanical behavior, degradation mechanisms, and failure analysis of sustainable engineering materials and structures. We welcome contributions involving experimental research, theoretical modeling, numerical simulation, multiscale characterization, and service life prediction. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, tribological behavior, fracture and fatigue resistance, durability under multi-field coupling, and reliability optimization based on material and structural design.
We invite original research and review articles that address critical challenges and novel strategies at the intersection of sustainable material development, structural mechanics, and long-term engineering performance.
Dr. Xindang He
Dr. Tang Gu
Prof. Dr. Xu Long
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Sustainable engineering materials
- Resource-efficient material design
- Mechanical reliability
- Wear and tribology
- Degradation and durability
- Structural integrity
- Failure and damage analysis
- Service performance prediction
- Microstructure–property relationship
- Multiscale modeling
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