Special Issue "Composite Structures with Symmetry"
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Computer Science and Symmetry/Asymmetry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2021) | Viewed by 35245
Special Issue Editors

Interests: differential equations; partial differential equations; equations of evolution; integral equations; mixed initial-boundary value problems for PDE; termoelasticity; media with microstretch; environments goals; nonlinear problems
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Interests: mechanics; vibrations; elasticity; composite materials; analytical mechanics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent year, a use of composites materials in structural applications has been observed. The composites have revolutionized the field of materials and allow interesting and new developments in different engineering branches. At the same time, in all areas of engineering, there are some products or parts of products or components containing repetitive or identical elements. Here, different types of symmetry can occur. Such systems were studied by various researchers in the last few decades. In civil engineering, for example, most buildings, works of art, halls, etc. have, in their structure, identical parts and symmetries. This has happened since antiquity for different reasons: first, because of an easier, faster, and a cheaper design, and then, easy manufacturing and (less important for engineers but important to the beneficiaries) for aesthetic reasons.
The symmetry in the field of composite materials manifests itself in two different ways, at two levels: one due to the symmetries that appear in the composition of the composite materials and which determine the properties of the materials, and second in the structures manufactured with composites. The study of the obvious importance of the existence of symmetries in the design of composite materials or composite structures of a sandwich type, for example (but also other types), and of the existence of symmetries in structures constructed using also composite materials will be highlighted within this Special Issue. With this issue, we want to disseminate knowledge among researchers, designers, manufacturers, and users in this exciting field.
Prof. Dr. Marin Marin
Prof. Dr. Dumitru Baleanu
Prof. Dr. Sorin Vlase
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- composites
- symmetric structures
- sandwich composite
- design of composite
- advanced materials