Fatigue and Fracture of Advanced Materials and Composites: Experiment, Modeling and Theory

Dear Colleagues,

Fatigue and fracture that are the common failure modes for many materials and composites have attracted widespread concern in various engineering and industrial communities, as such failure modes contribute to structural integrity reduction and affect the usage life. Experimental, theoretical and numerical approaches can be used to predict and investigate the fatigue and fracture characteristics of materials and composites. This Special Issue will address advances in experiment, modeling and theory for material fatigue and fracture. The aim is to collect recent and up-to-date developmental contributions concerning the fatigue and fracture of various materials, such as ceramics, matrix-based composites, rock-like materials, metallic material and glass. Articles and reviews dealing with fatigue and fracture in processing, manufacturing, structural engineering, and engineering and industrial products are also welcome.

Dr. Wei Gao
Dr. Shunhua Chen
Dr. Peng Xie
Dr. Hui Liu
Guest Editors

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