Technologies for Joining and Forming Thin-Walled Structures in the Construction of Transportation Vehicles

Dear Colleagues,

The development of transportation vehicles must be related to ensuring the reduction of CO₂ emissions generated in land, air, and sea transport. In addition to the development of alternative energy sources and drive systems, it is necessary to develop load-bearing structures characterized by low weight, while ensuring the required strength and durability. In the structure of transportation vehicles (i.e., airplanes, cars, or ships), stiffened thin-walled structures are commonly used. Due to the need to search for new technological and design solutions, the research and development of new technologies of forming and joining thin-walled load-bearing structures are strongly desired by the industry.

Therefore, this Special Issue will publish high-quality scientific publications, especially those describing experimental research and numerical modeling of the technology of lightweight load-bearing structures. The main topics of the publications are welded joints of unweldable metals, adhesive joints, friction-welded joints, improvement of the impact strength and fatigue life of joints occurring in thin-walled structures, new methods of forming of stiffeners (e.g., incremental sheet forming), as well as sealing joints and their anti-corrosion protection. The aforementioned research topics should relate to the construction of vehicles, and the primary research objective should be to indicate the directions of new manufacturing methods that can reduce the weight of structures while maintaining their functional properties.

Prof. Dr. Dariusz Fydrych
Prof. Dr. Andrzej Kubit
Prof. Dr. Ján Slota
Prof. Dr. Agnieszka Kowalczyk
Guest Editors

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