Mechanical Behavior and Degradation Processes of Advanced Materials

Dear Colleagues,

Advanced materials, including composites, alloys, nanomaterials, etc., have become the most widely used engineering materials in the manufacturing of structures in aerospace, automotive, energy, etc., industries. Recent advances in the prediction of the mechanical response, mechanism of deformation, and damage processes of materials have become an effective tool in the design and development of structures in real operational conditions. Mathematical–physical modeling, computational approaches, and novel experimental methods are the key scientific activities for predicting the mechanical behavior during the process of material degradation and damage and for measuring the structural stability and integrity in the design service life. Many factors affect the design life of the advanced structures, including microstructural changes due to residual stress, time-dependent deformation and damage accumulation, environmental attack due to temperature changes, corrosion, moisture absorption, creep, fatigue, etc., as well as other factors and their synergistic effects.

This Special Issue on Mechanical Behavior and Degradation Processes of Advanced Materials collects novel Research and Review Articles that contribute to developments in new science and engineering of theoretical, computational, and experimental mechanics concerning the Material Degradation Process due to damage, corrosion, moisture absorption, aging, creep, fatigue, wear, failure, environmental effect, etc. In this regard, the Special Issue contains the following research topics:

• Advanced Materials: ductile materials, metals and alloys, brittles and ceramics, polymers, biomaterials, biocomposites, nanocomposites, polymer composites, metal matrix composites, ceramic matrix composites, ductile composites, hybrid composites, sandwich structures, reinforced-concrete, etc.;
• Degradation Process: physical, chemical, environmental, time-dependent;
• Mechanical Behavior: linear-nonlinear deformation, elastic, hyperelastic, viscoelastic, plastic, etc.;
• Damage Mechanics: fatigue, fracture, creep, impact, etc.;
• Characterizations: mechanical, physical, thermal, etc.;
• Computational mechanics: Finite element method, finite differences, peridynamics, real-time simulation, etc.;
• Novel experimental methods: in both mechanical and structural analyses.

Authors are welcome to submit their latest research findings in the form of original full articles, letters, communications, or review articles.

Dr. Seyed Saeid Rahimian Koloor
Dr. Noorfaizal Yidris
Dr. Atefeh Karimzadeharani
Guest Editors

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