Key Engineering Materials

Description: This special volume presents the latest advances in the science and technology of high-performance ceramics. More than 600 excellent contributions were further refined, using a strict peer-review process, to give the more than 243 manuscripts included in this collection.

Description: The original use of superplastic materials involved mainly applications involving aluminium and titanium. However, discoveries made all over the globe have led to the development of superplastic ceramics, intermetallics, nano-materials, plastics, glasses and other substances.

Description: This collection of 142 papers was carefully selected from the more than 300 papers submitted. All of the papers were subjected to peer-review by at least two expert referees.

Description: Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters BCI (WoS).
This special issue collects together selected papers from the oeuvre of Professor Hideki Sekine concerning micromechanical research into the fracture of composite materials.

Description: Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS).
Liquid crystals are substances that have properties which are intermediate between those of a conventional liquid and those of a solid crystal. This special collection comprises peer-reviewed papers that are concerned with all aspects of liquid crystal science and technology. The volume consists of five parts: plenary lectures, the molecular design and synthesis of liquid crystals, the characterization of liquid crystals, the applications of liquid crystals, and the emerging technologies and materials relevant to information display.

Description: This collection of peer-reviewed papers covers a wealth of innovations and practical experience regarding engineering and technology; materials science and technology in manufacturing including artificial materials, forming, novel material fabrication, green manufacturing, design and manufacturing of composite components, surface science and engineering, quality control of manufacturing systems, theoretical, simulation and experimental studies related to microstructure and residual stress; manufacturing systems and technologies including manufacturing process simulation, CIMS and manufacturing systems, vibration measurement and reliability analysis, finite-element analysis and structural optimization, fault diagnosis and maintenance theory, intelligent mechatronics and robotics, elements, structures, mechanisms, applications of micro- and nano-systems, compound machine tools, rapid prototyping, printing (ex. embossing), complex mechanico-electro-liquid system, PDM, ERP, CRM, FMS, PLM, logistics and supply chain, effects of machining method or technique on mechanical properties of materials, RPM, and Management.

Description: Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters BCI (WoS).
Composite materials are increasingly finding use in diverse applications requiring a wide range of property and performance requirements. Low density, high specific strength and stiffness are the main features that make composite materials most suitable for structural applications. The field covers the concurrent manipulation of the material’s composition and of the internal architecture of the composite in order to obtain the desired properties. The ability to tailor composite materials precisely is of great importance in structural applications. A systematic approach to the optimum tailoring of composite materials is a challenging design problem. The focus should be on the practical design aspects, and that is what is addressed in this special-topic volume.

Description: Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS).
This special collection comprises 36 peer-reviewed papers giving an insight into the latest advances in extrusion technology and its simulation. The papers cover a wide range of topics and are grouped into the categories of: benchmark, microstructure, seam welds and composite extrusion, material flow and constitutive equations, dies and tools and process control and optimization. However, many other topics, such as new materials (magnesium and its composites) and new composite profiles, are covered.

Description: This special collection on the Mechanical Properties of Solids gives an accurate picture, of the distribution of current research, from the viewpoint of the mechanical properties of solids.

Description: This special collection brings to the reader the latest developments in the science and technology of electroceramics. It focuses on contributing to the exchange of Electroceramics knowledge; both scientific and industrial.