Analysis and Design of Structures and Materials

Dear Colleagues,

In the engineering field, the efficient and reliable design of safe and functional structural materials has always been of major importance. Especially nowadays, where new material technologies arise, there is a need for novel design methodologies. Any material component, independently of its inherent or intentional structural complexity, should be appropriately designed in order to present exceptional performance under a variety of simple or combined, static or dynamic, mild or severe loadings or stimulus or other effects of structural, thermal, electrical, or magnetic nature. Novel materials typically have non-linear multi-physical properties and characteristics (plasticity, viscosity, structural instability, damaging, internal friction, damping, thermal degradation, biodegradation, ageing, etc.) due to their special structural characteristics or method of manufacturing. Therefore, there is a great challenge for developing new theoretical and numerical tools and techniques, optimization and computational algorithms, and advanced experimental methods capable of accurately representing the distinct structural characteristics of such materials, predicting their behavior and allowing their optimized design under a variety of environmental conditions. 

The present Special Issue aims to provide modern theoretical, numerical, and experimental methods, as well as innovative technologies, for the analysis and design assessment of structures and materials.

Dr. Georgios I. Giannopoulos
Guest Editor

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