Manufacturing and Processing of Materials for Transport Industry

Dear Colleagues,

Logistics is an important source of greenhouse gas emissions. The global aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions determines the need to reduce energy consumption, e.g., in all means of transport. In addition to the development of new forms of propulsion, it is necessary to develop means of reducing the overall weight of transport vehicles. New types of materials, especially composite materials, cermetals, new types of alloys, etc., ensure high strength, fatigue life and stiffness. The possibility of using new types of light materials requires developing and adapting the technology of shaping and joining to new production conditions. Therefore, we launched this Topic initiative, which will bring together journals publishing articles focused on advances in plastic-forming and thin-walled-structure-bonding technologies. The main goal of this Topic is the publication of high-quality manuscripts dealing with research on new joining technologies and broad research on the properties of these joints: for example, shaping composites, metals and cermetals create structures that are rigid and light at the same time. Our ambition is for this Topic to become a kind of platform for the exchange of views on research achievements and to review the latest technologies that have been, or in the near future will be, used in aviation, automotive, shipbuilding and other industries where weight reduction is required. We encourage authors to submit manuscripts related to a wide range of topics described by the keywords below.

Prof. Dr. Dariusz Fydrych
Prof. Dr. Andrzej Kubit
Dr. Ankur Gupta
Dr. Agnieszka Kowalczyk
Dr. Jan Klett
Prof. Dr. Ján Slota
Dr. Wojciech Suder
Dr. Balázs Varbai
Dr. Abbas Tamadon
Topic Editors