Applied Composite Materials - Call for Papers: Environmental durability of composite materials and structures
Polymer composites are now widely used in various industrial sectors, including aerospace engineering, wind energy, marine engineering, automobile engineering, railway transportation, sports and consumer products. All of these fields of applications involve changing temperature and humidity conditions. The properties of polymer matrices, so do that of polymer composites, can be affected to different extent by many environmental factors, including but not limited to temperature, moisture, ultraviolet radiation, salt-fog. Moreover, due to the mismatch between the physical and chemical properties of fibers and polymer matrices, the degradation of the composites in-service environments is much more complicated. Understanding of the mechanisms of degradation in different conditions is therefore of the utmost importance. Solutions towards the prevention, alleviation, delay of environmental degradation are in urgent needs. Empirical, analytical, numerical models for the predictions of the residual properties of composites in hygrothermal environments should also receive enough attention to guarantee a safe structural design.
This special issue aims to provide a platform for researchers to share their latest progress in the study of the environmental durability of composite materials and structures. Topics of interests include, but are not limited to:
Hygrothermal durability of different types of polymer composites and degradation mechanisms.Characterization techniques for the evaluation of environmental durability.Development of theoretical and numerical models considering environmental effects.Prediction of the load-carrying capability after ageing and life prediction.Solutions and techniques towards better environmental durability.Environmental ageing of engineering structures.Design of composite structures considering environmental ageing.
Submission Timetable:
Submission Open Date: 12th September 2023
Submission Deadline: 31th August 2024
Guest editors:
Dr. Yucheng Zhong, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
yzhong1@e.ntu.edu.sg (this opens in a new tab)
Prof. Guangyong Sun, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China
sgy800@126.com (this opens in a new tab)
Prof. Vincenzo Fiore, University of Palermo, Palermo, 90128, Italy
vincenzo.fiore@unipa.it (this opens in a new tab)
Submission instructions:
Your paper can be submitted to this special issue via the Applied Composite Materials online submission platform indicating, when prompted, that the paper is to be included in the Environmental durability of composite materials and structures special issue.
Submission details, such as how to format your manuscript, can be found in the Applied Composite Materials author guide:
https://www.springer.com/journal/10443/submission-guidelines. (this opens in a new tab)
When submitting your manuscripts, please select the special issue name under the “details” tab and under the “collection” heading.
If you have any further questions, please contact the guest editor for this collection,
Prof. Guangyong Sun, sgy800@126.com (this opens in a new tab)
Dr. Yucheng Zhong, yzhong1@e.ntu.edu.sg (this opens in a new tab)
Prof. Vincenzo Fiore, vincenzo.fiore@unipa.it