Bond and Interface Properties in Hybrid Structures

Dear Colleagues,

Hybrid structures consisting of dissimilar materials are becoming increasingly common for civil, biomedical, aerospace and mechanical engineering applications.

In contrast to monolithic structures, hybrid counterparts have the potential to combine the advantages of two (or more) materials resulting in attractive qualities and improved properties. With respect to fibre-reinforced polymers (FRP) , some commonly used hybrid material systems include, but are not limited to, timber-FRP, titanium-FRP, aluminium-FRP, steel-FRP, FRP and/ or steel reinforced geopolymer/conventional concrete, FRP-concrete/geopolymer concrete, etc.

The efficacy of hybrid materials relies on the bond behaviour and interfacial properties for the effective transfer of applied loads. Since debonding between dissimilar materials is one of the critical failure modes, it is important to understand interfacial mechanisms to guarantee the safe and reliable use of such hybrid structures in a wide range of applications.

This special issue aims to cover analytical, numerical and experimental work to characterise the interface between dissimilar materials, such as,

• experimental methods to determine bond strength between dissimilar materials
• state-of-the-art characterisation of Mode I, Mode II, Mode III fracture toughness of the interface and challenges associated with the experimental procedures
• non-destructive evaluation of bond/interface
• constitutive modelling of interface and numerical simulation of hybrid structures to predict their mechanical responses
• development of analytical methods to quantify interfacial properties
• effects of surface preparation and manufacturing process to bond/interfacial performance
• improvements of bond and interfacial properties
• effects of interface to impact, fatigue, creep, heat or fire, and durability performance of hybrid structures

Dr. Johannes Reiner
Dr. Mahbube Subhani
Prof. Dr. Martin Veidt
Guest Editors

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• bond strength
• fracture properties
• damage mechanics
• non-destructive evaluation
• interface
• hybrid structures