Advances in Polymer Matrix Composites: Synthesis, Characterization and Simulation

Dear Colleagues,

Polymer-matrix composites (PMCs) are becoming more and more prominent in the fields of structural engineering due to their favourable specific properties and design flexibility. As the demand for ever lighter structures increases, especially for the mobility industry, new advances in the synthesis, characterization, and simulation of this important class of advanced materials are expected to have a profound impact towards accelerating their time-to-market and robustness, which will be key for a more sustainable future.

This Special Issue aims to collect research papers, communications and review articles with original contributions to the development, production, testing, and modelling of PMCs, with special focus on new classes of fibre-reinforced polymers, such as thermoplastic-based composites, spread-tow thin-ply laminates, nano-reinforced PMCs, hybrid PMCs, and bio-sourced PMCs. The Special Issue covers, among other topics:

• Synthesis of advanced constituents for PMCs;
• Manufacturing of PMCs;
• Processing simulation of PMCs;
• Experimental characterization of novel PMCs
• Simulation of damage and failure in PMCs;
• Virtual testing of PMCs;
• Coupled multi-physics simulation of PMCs;
• Multi-scale modelling of PMCs;
• Data-driven approaches to the simulation of PMCs;
• PMCs engineering by simulation – PMCs-by-design approaches.

Scientists are invited and encouraged to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible.

Prof. Dr. Albertino Arteiro
Guest Editor

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