Mechanical Behavior of Polymer Materials and Its Applications
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 63
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The mechanical behavior of polymer materials remains a cornerstone of advanced materials science, serving as a critical determinant in the design and application of polymers across the structural, biomedical, aerospace, automotive, and defense industries. Polymers exhibit a wide range of mechanical responses—from viscoelasticity to shape memory and fracture mechanics—depending on their molecular architecture, processing history, and environmental conditions.
This Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive platform for recent advances in the understanding, modeling, and application of mechanical behavior in solid polymer systems. Emphasis will be placed on the integration of theoretical, experimental, and computational approaches to uncover the fundamental physics that governs polymer deformation, failure, and time-dependent behaviors. We also welcome contributions that examine variying scales, from molecular-level phenomena to macroscopic structural performance.
Papers focusing on novel constitutive modeling frameworks, fracture and fatigue behavior, molecular orientation effects, advanced mechanical testing techniques, and the use of finite element methods in simulating polymer behavior are particularly encouraged. Additionally, studies that explore practical applications—such as shape memory polymers and structural components in engineering systems—will be of high interest.
Dr. Gokhan Demircan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- mechanical behavior of polymers
- time-dependent and nonlinear constitutive models
- viscoplasticity and fracture mechanics
- advanced experimental methods for polymers
- molecular orientation and shape memory effects
- finite element and multiscale modeling approaches
- structural applications of polymer materials
- polymer response under complex environmental effects
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