Advances in Preparation Methods and Numerical Simulation of Composites: Formation and Properties

Dear Colleagues,

Advanced composite materials are lightweight and high strength and have designable performance. Further advantages include their heat insulation, heat conduction, vibration reduction, high (low) temperature resistance, corrosion resistance, and wave transmission and absorption. The composites are widely used in aerospace, transportation, energy, and chemical industries, as well as in construction, textiles, sports, and medical treatment, and have played an important role in the development of modern science and technology and the renewal and upgrading of high-end equipment. The material is also one of the core contents of the modern low-carbon economy. Since monolithic materials are no longer state-of-the-art, composite materials represent an emerging future with many industrial applications, particularly where superior material properties are required.

This Special Issue on “Advances in Preparation Methods and Numerical Simulation of Composites: Formation and Properties” intends to cover original research and critical review articles on recent advances in all aspects of metal–metal, metal–nonmetal, and nonmetal–nonmetal composites.

In particular, the topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following:

• Material composition design;
• The design and manufacturing process;
• Microstructure and properties;
• Interfacial diffusion behavior;
• Microstructure characterization of constituent phases;
• Physical and chemical properties;
• Modeling and simulation.

Prof. Dr. Zhengyi Jiang
Prof. Dr. Hongmei Zhang
Guest Editors

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