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Prof. Dr. Rossana Dimitri
Email: rossana.dimitri@unisalento.it
Affiliation: Department of Innovation Engineering, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
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Research Interests: Structural Mechanics; Fracture Mechanics; Mechanics of Materials and Solids; Computational Mechanics; Interfacial Problems
Prof. Dr. Francesco Tornabene
Email: francesco.tornabene@unisalento.it
Affiliation: Department of Innovation Engineering, University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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Research Interests: Theory of shells, plates, arches, and beams; Generalized differential quadrature; FEM; SFEM; WFEM; IGA; Advanced composite materials; Functionally graded materials; Nanomaterials and nanotechnology
Dr. Matteo Viscoti
Email: matteo.viscoti@unisalento.it
Affiliation: Department of Innovation Engineering, University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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Research Interests: Advanced composite materials; Doubly-curved shells; Functionally graded materials; Generalized differential quadrature; Higher-order theories; Lattice honeycomb and anisogrid; Multifield analysis; Semi-analytical solutions
Summary
The development of advanced theoretical and computational models for smart and composite materials and structures is a subject of active research and will be explored for complex systems and structural components, involving many problems from statics, dynamics, and fracture phenomena at different scales and interfaces. In the last decades, practical strategies for advanced generally-shaped structures have been affected by many evaluation techniques, computational capabilities, and communication technologies, with increased use of intelligent optimization algorithms and tools for a high performance-oriented structural design.
Among the most common materials, this special issue explores the use of fiber-reinforced composites and laminates, but also functionally graded materials (FGMs), carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphene nanoplatelets, SMART constituents, and further innovative and advanced classes of composites. To this end, classical or advanced theories, multiscale approaches, multiobjective optimization algorithms, and advanced computational tools, can be presented and discussed. Contributions on theoretical and numerical aspects are welcome from scientists working on computational materials and mechanics, involving different engineering applications.
Keywords
Computational Methods, Composite materials and structure, Smart materials and structures, Homogenization techniques, Constitutive models, Fracture mechanics, Optimization design, Plates and shells, Multiphysics
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