Finite Element Analysis and Damage Assessment of Composite Materials and Structures
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Composites".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2027 | Viewed by 37
Editors
Interests: structural health monitoring; composites; structural mechanics; vibrations
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Interests: structural health monitoring (SHM); artificial intelligence and deep learning in civil engineering; earthquake engineering and structural dynamics; non-destructive testing and damage detection; natural hazards and remote sensing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Composite structures have become increasingly important in civil, mechanical, aerospace, marine, and energy-related engineering applications due to their high strength-to-weight ratio, tailorable mechanical properties, corrosion resistance, and potential for multifunctional performance. Recent developments in advanced composite materials, laminated and sandwich structures, functionally graded materials, fiber-reinforced polymer systems, and hybrid structural components have created new opportunities for safer, lighter, and more durable engineering systems. At the same time, complex anisotropic behavior, damage mechanisms, interfacial effects, environmental sensitivity, and the long-term performance degradation of composite structures require advanced numerical modeling, reliable experimental validation, and effective structural health monitoring strategies.
This Special Issue aims to present and disseminate recent advances in finite element analysis, numerical modeling, vibration and buckling assessment, damage detection, and the structural health monitoring of composite structures. Contributions addressing theoretical, computational, experimental, and data-driven approaches are welcome. Particular attention will be given to studies that improve the understanding of the mechanical behavior, dynamic response, damage evolution, serviceability, reliability, and the monitoring of composite and functionally graded structural systems. Research integrating advanced finite element formulations, multi-scale modeling, optimization techniques, machine learning, deep learning, sensor-based monitoring, and digital image or vision-based damage identification is also encouraged.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Finite element modeling of laminated, sandwich, and functionally graded composite structures;
- Static, dynamic, vibration, buckling, and post-buckling analysis of composite beams, plates, shells, and structural systems;
- Damage, fracture, fatigue, delamination, and progressive failure analysis of composite materials and structures;
- Structural health monitoring and damage detection in composite structures;
- Experimental, numerical, and hybrid approaches for composite structural assessment;
- Machine learning, deep learning, and optimization-based methods for damage identification and model updating;
- Sensor-based, vibration-based, and vision-based monitoring techniques;
- Composite structures under moving loads, impact, blast, and high-rate loading conditions;
- Reliability, durability, serviceability, and life-cycle assessment of composite structural systems;
- Advanced computational methods for composite materials, including multi-scale and multi-physics modeling.
Prof. Dr. Volkan Kahya
Prof. Dr. Kemal Hacıefendioğlu
Guest Editors
Dr. Sebahat Şimşek
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- structural health monitoring
- damage detection
- finite element modeling
- advanced composite materials
- laminated and functionally graded structures
- vibration and buckling analysis
- moving load-induced dynamics
- vibration control
- machine learning-based damage identification
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