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Advanced Modeling of Smart and Composite Materials and Structures

Submission Deadline: 31 July 2025 View: 351 Submit to Special Issue

Guest Editors

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

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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

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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

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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

Published Papers


  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    Numerical Homogenization Approach for the Analysis of Honeycomb Sandwich Shell Structures

    Martina Rinaldi, Stefano Valvano, Francesco Tornabene, Rossana Dimitri
    CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.060672
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Advanced Modeling of Smart and Composite Materials and Structures)
    Abstract This study conducts a thorough examination of honeycomb sandwich panels with a lattice core, adopting advanced computational techniques for their modeling. The research extends its analysis to investigate the natural frequency behavior of sandwich panels, encompassing the comprehensive assessment of the entire panel structure. At its core, the research applies the Representative Volume Element (RVE) theory to establish the equivalent material properties, thereby enhancing the predictive capabilities of lattice structure simulations. The methodology applies these properties in the core of infinite panels, which are modeled using double periodic boundary conditions to explore their natural frequencies.… More >

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