Deadline Date: 31 December 2026
Modern engineering design increasingly demands advanced numerical methods to achieve a holistic balance between high mechanical performance, environmental sustainability, and structural safety under extreme loading conditions. This Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive platform for the latest advances in numerical methods, computational modeling, and high-fidelity simulation techniques, supported by experimental validation across the entire life cycle of engineering structures.
We invite contributions that investigate the static and fatigue behavior of innovative materials—including metals, composites, and additively manufactured components—through predictive numerical modeling and advanced simulation approaches, while integrating Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to quantify and mitigate environmental impacts. Particular emphasis is placed on structural resilience and performance assessment, especially through computational collision and impact simulations based on advanced nonlinear finite element methods.
By bridging the gap between small-scale material characterization and large-scale computational structural analysis, this Special Issue aims to advance the development of robust, efficient, and scalable numerical methods for sustainable and resilient structural design and performance assessment across marine, automotive, and civil engineering applications.
Themes:
Advanced numerical methods for static, fatigue, and fracture mechanics
Computational modeling and high-fidelity simulation of engineering structures
Experimental validation using full-field techniques (DIC, IRT, etc.)
Collision and crashworthiness analysis using nonlinear finite element methods
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and sustainability in computational design frameworks
Structural integrity analysis of lightweight sandwich and honeycomb configurations
Numerical and experimental investigation of structural joints under cyclic loading
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