Polymeric Materials for Energy Absorption Applications
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2021) | Viewed by 3247
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Interests: polymers; crushing impact; energy absorption
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Special Issue Information
In transportation applications, energy absorption devices are incorporated into the vehicle structure to protect its occupants during unlikely events. Their efficiency is highly dependent on how the materials, construction, and design of the vehicle work together. Polymers and polymeric composites are strongly preferred for automotive and aerospace structures due to their great specific strength and stiffness, as well as their ability to absorb impact energy in different failure mechanisms, which results in better crashworthiness, compared to that of metallic structures.
The proposed Special Issue is designed to collect research results and conclusions about the crashworthiness of polymeric structures and polymeric-based fiber-reinforced plastics. Topics of interests include but are not limited to: crashworthiness of polymeric energy absorption devices; 3D-printed polymeric structures for energy absorption; computational modeling of crushing in polymers; FRP composite structures for energy absorption; hybrid composites for improved energy absorption; thermoplastic and thermoset composite structures; quasi-static vs. impact crushing of polymers and polymeric composites; and the role of nanocomposites in crushing.
Keywords
- polymers
- composites
- crushing
- impact
- energy absorption
- hybrid composites
- thermoplastic
- thermosets
- 3D-printed
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