Cellular Materials: Design and Optimisation

Dear Colleagues,

Novel materials with high stiffness, superior thermal and sound insluation, crashworthiness and light weight, cellular materials have many applications ranging from automotive and aerospace engineering to tissue scaffolding. The recent developments in advanced manufacturing techniques, e.g., 3D printers, significantly extends the size and geometry limits in the fabrication of microstructures of cellular materials, and stimulates a new wave of research interest in the design and optimisation of cellular materials. Although there are a few state-of-art reports currently available, the most recent development of this subject has yet to be timely and comprehensively updated. The present Special Issue of Materials aims to bring together research and review papers pertaining to the recent developments in the design, optimisation, and applications of cellular materials. The themes include, but not limited to:

• Novel design of cellular materials;
• Optimisation for microstructures of cellular materials;
• Exotic properties of cellular metamaterials;
• Numerical and experimental characterisation of cellular materials.

A Special Issue including 5–10 outstanding articles will be published in early 2016. Contributing to this Special Issue will be by invitation only. The articles will be peer reviewed by at least two experts in this area. While this issue will not be exhaustive in scope, publication of this Special Issue is expected to benefit researchers and engineers in the applications of cellular materials, and attract further attention and interest in the innovative development of this important and promising area.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Xiaodong Huang
Dr. Jianhu Shen
Guest Editors

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