The central aim of Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures ( MAMS) is to promote the dissemination of significant developments and to publish state-of-the-art reviews and technical discussions of previously published papers dealing with the mechanics aspects of advanced materials and structures. Refereed contributions describing new ideas by analytical, numerical, and experimental methods and hybrid approaches that combine theoretical and empirical techniques in the study of advanced materials and structures are published, along with critical surveys of the literature and discussions of papers in the field.

Subjects of interest for the journal include:

    mechanics of layered structures, with layers of any materials (metallic, foams, piezoelectric, fibre reinforced composites, ceramic, functionally graded, etc.) at various scales, mill/micro/nano-meter;

    multifunctional and multicomponent materials;

    mechanics of non-homogenous materials and structures obtained by the use of natural/green/bio fibres/components;

    applications to structures subjected to mechanical, thermal, electrical, magnetical, hygrothermal, etc., and any coupled combinations;

    mechanics of multi-fields problems, including fluid-structures interactions;

    static and dynamic linear and nonlinear problems are of interest; advanced development of new materials with applications to automotive, civil, marine, aeronautical, space and bioengineering structures/contructions at various scales;
    methods and techniques for a better understanding of mechanics of metamaterials and the interaction with additive manufacturing technologies.

Methods that couple data analysis and artificial intelligence for a better understanding of mechanics are welcome in MAMS, including related multidisciplinary topics.

Contributions range from new theories (including non-classical elasticity) and formulations to analyses and novel applications. Emphasis is placed on mechanics aspects and aspects at the interface of materials and mechanics issues. The journal publishes manuscripts dealing with the mechanics aspects (for example, mechanical characterization, mathematical modelling, novel applications, failure description and numerical simulation) of advanced materials and structures or systems. Contributions may range from new methods to novel applications of existing methods to gain understanding of the material and/or structural (system) behaviour of new and advanced material systems.

Typical topic areas are:

Materials:

Adhesives, biological materials, ceramics, carbon-fibre and polymer-based composites, metal-matrix composites, and nano-composites; processing and manufacturing of composite; actuator/sensor (smart) materials and electromagnetic materials; and damage and failure mechanisms in materials and structures. Metamaterials for mechanical applications and interactions with their design and production using 3d-printing and additive manufacturing process.

Structures:

Basic structural elements such as beams, plates, and shells; reinforced shell structures, rotating structures, structures with actuators/sensors (smart structures); nano and biological systems; active and passive control of structures; civil engineering, aerospace, automotive, and underwater structures; and adhesively bonded structures.

Methodologies:

Mathematical formulation of the kinematic, constitutive, and structural behaviour of materials and structures; experimental methods directed toward mechanical characterization, damage evolution, and failures in materials and structures; computational methods for the solution of micro-, meso-, macro-mechanics mathematical models; methods dealing with the determination of local and nonlocal effects; and novel computational approaches for material and structural modelling of new and advanced materials; global-local methods, homogenization and reduction method.

All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single-anonymized, and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR THE AUTHORS

Only papers that clearly assess the proposed idea/method/technique will be processed further. That is, papers that do not reasonably show the soundness of what is proposed will not be considered for further review.

In case the first-round review leads to ‘acceptance with minor/major revision', it is mandatory to include in the revised submission a clear and detailed point-by-point reply letter addressing the reviewers’ comments. Without such a reply, the paper will not be considered further.

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