Structural Optimization and Numerical Modeling of Materials and Engineering

Dear Colleagues,

Recent advances in computational mechanics and applied mathematics are reshaping the way engineers design, analyze, and optimize structural systems and advanced materials. High-fidelity numerical methods—such as finite element formulations, multiscale modeling strategies, topology and shape optimization techniques, and advanced constitutive laws—enable the accurate simulation of complex nonlinear behavior in metals, composite materials, and other engineered material systems.

At the same time, the integration of data-driven methodologies, physics-informed machine learning, and high-performance computing is opening new opportunities for accelerating simulations and discovering new models, improving predictive capabilities, and enabling large-scale engineering applications.

This Special Issue, Structural Optimization and Numerical Simulation of Materials and Engineering, aims to collect high-quality contributions addressing theoretical developments, numerical strategies, and engineering applications in structural mechanics, material modeling, and computational optimization. We particularly encourage submissions that combine rigorous mathematical foundations with practical relevance and strong validation, whether numerical, analytical, or experimental.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Numerical methods for structural and material analysis;
• Finite element procedures and advanced discretization techniques;
• Fatigue, damage, fracture, and durability modelling;
• Multiscale and multiphysics simulations;
• Structural, shape, and topology optimization;
• Computational modelling of composites and advanced materials;
• Machine learning-based or hybrid physics-informed models;
• High-performance computing and large-scale simulations.

This Special Issue welcomes original research papers, review articles, and contributions highlighting emerging trends and innovative engineering applications.

Dr. Sergio Jimenez
Dr. Alejandro Cornejo
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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• structural optimization
• numerical simulation
• fatigue and damage
• fracture mechanics
• composite and advanced materials
• constitutive modelling
• data-assisted computational mechanics