| Summary: | The increased use of advanced materials in high efficiency structures - electronic devices, medical equipment, aircraft and vehicles - requires improved reliability, resistance to breakdown and improved failure and life-span forecasting for a wide range of loading conditions. The development of materials having advanced structural properties is becoming a key factor in industrial and technological progress. The aim of the special collection is to provide a forum for engineers, researchers, scientists and industrial experts to present their work and discuss the current situation with regard to advanced and associated technologies, experimental techniques, numerical analysis and recent developments in the field of advanced materials. The topics covered here include: Detectors in Barrier Structures of Metal-Lamellar Semiconductors, Influence of Technological Parameters on the Fracture Toughness of Ceramic Materials, Manufacturing of Carbonaceous Materials Based on Olive Stone Biomass for Electrochemical Applications, Physicochemical and Electro-Rheological Characterization of Kaolinite, CMS, Silicone Oil Fluid, Effect of Cure Temperature on the Thermomechanical Characteristics of an Adhesive, Study of DGEBA and Novolac Adhesive Hydrothermal Ageing for a Ceramic/Steel-Substrate Bonding Assembly, Influence of Strain-Rate on the Yielding Behavior and Self-Heating of Thermoplastic Polymers Loaded under Tension, Dynamic Response of Symmetric and Asymmetric E-Glass Epoxy Laminates at High Strain-Rates, Influence of Process and Material Parameters on Impact Response in Composite Structures, Approximate Solution of Structural Problems Using Probabilistic Transformation, Structural Shape Optimization Using Adaptive Simulated Annealing, Graft Interpenetrating Continuous Epoxy-Polysiloxane Polymeric Network, Experimental and Numerical Modelling of LRI Process, BEM Simulation of 3D Updated Resin Front for LCM Processes, FEA of Dynamic Behavior of Top Hat Bonded Stiffened Composite Panel, Experimental Characterization of Behavior Laws for Titanium Alloys, Effect of Ductile Damage Evolution in Sheet Metal Forming. Altogether a stimulating source of new ideas and methods.
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