Advances in FRP Composites: Applications, Sensing, and Monitoring

Dear Colleagues,

Fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites have observed increasingly wide applications in civil engineering, mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, and so on, owing to their advantages, such as high strength-to-weight and stiffness-to-weight ratios, in surpassing the limitations of conventional materials. FRP has been of core interest for scientists and engineers in designing and constructing new buildings, and in the maintenance of aged infrastructure, mechanical components, and so on. Although FRP has served in various fields, it lacks the full understanding of FRP in its whole service cycle. The degradation inspection and monitoring of FRP composite structures still requires further investigation, and the failure criterions as well, in particular for the complex structures integrated with FRP composite components.

This Special Issue aims to explore FRP composites via two perspectives: FRP composites applications, such as construction and sensing, inspection and monitoring, in particular, the recent advances in both industrial applications and sensing techniques for inspection and monitoring of FRP composites degradation. Rather than concentrating on the material level, this Special Issue focuses on the structural level and application field of FRP composites, which shall include the applications of FRP composites in infrastructures, tall buildings, long span bridges, airplanes and so on. This Special Issue expects the investigations related to FRP composites from mechanical engineering, civil engineering, numerical studies, and so on.

This Special Issue expects to publish high-quality studies in terms of FRP composites applications and the sensing, inspection and monitoring, as well as reviews summarizing the advances in recent years. Original, high-quality contributions that are not published elsewhere are the target of this Special Issue.

• Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:
• Advances in sensing techniques for FRP composite structures
• Novel inspection methods for FRP composite structures
• Structural health monitoring for FRP composite structures
• Recent advances in designs, manufacture and applications of FRP
• Durability, fatigue performance of FRP composite structures
• Advanced sensing systems in FRP composites
• Embedded sensing system in FRP composites

Dr. Yun Lai Zhou
Dr. Magd Abdel Wahab
Dr. Francisco Javier Cañas Cara
Dr. Cheng Jiang
Guest Editors

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