Dear colleagues,

The present Special Issue is linked to the symposium E1, also entitled “Advanced Materials for Transport Applications”, which will take place within the framework of the Euromat 2019 conference held in Stockholm, Sweden, from September 1st to 5th, 2019 and cover the whole field of materials science and technology. Within this framework, our own symposium addresses questions related to the use of advanced materials in the transport industry, which includes the aerospace, automotive, railway and maritime sector. The symposium is the 6th of its kind at Euromat and thus continues a series which originated at Euromat 2009 and continues until today.

To set a thematic focus beyond the area of application, we are specifically looking for contributions on:

• Additive manufacturing for transport applications (associated Guest Editors: Lehmhus, von Hehl);
• Hybrid engineering materials and structures for multimaterial designs (von Hehl, Alderliesten, Hausmann);
• Composite materials and lightweight design (Hausmann, Asp);
• Intelligent materials, structures and systems, functional materials and structures (Lehmhus, Asp);
• Simulation, modeling, optimization, and Big Data applications for process discovery (Kayvantash, Hohe);
• Advances in metal casting technology for transport applications (Lehmhus).

Despite the close link, submission to the Special Issue is not limited to Euromat 2019 contributors—we explicitly welcome external submissions. Moreover, the focal topics listed above are not meant to exclude articles from additional areas, as long as a link to applications in the transport sector is there. Similarly, we do not intend to limit the Special Issue’s focus to structural materials only but will endeavor to include studies on functional materials with relevance for applications in transportation, too. However, this only includes any moving application and not civil engineering of stationary infrastructure.

We are looking forward to receiving your submissions and would like to kindly invite you to address any of the guest editors in case of further questions.

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• lightweight design
• hybrid materials
• hybrid structures
• additive manufacturing
• metal casting
• casting technology
• smart structures
• material modeling
• modeling and simulation
• optimization
• numerical analysis
• artificial intelligence and data mining
• design-of-materials
• aerospace
• automotive
• railway
• maritime industry
• crash and safety
• structural health monitoring
• adaptive structures
• composites
• multimaterial design
• multifunctional materials and structures