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Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science and Engineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 September 2021) | Viewed by 2989

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Habiba A. Bougherara

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Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON M5B2K3, Canada
Interests: biocomposites and nanocomposites; damage and fatigue characterization, non-destructive testing, modeling, and finite element analysis

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue related to recent developments in Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures. This issue will cover recent studies on various composite materials including, but not limited to, biocomposites, nanocomposites, natural fiber composites, and hybrid composites for various engineering applications. Special focus will be on the following areas:

  • Synthesis and fabrication
  • Destructive and non-destructive testing and characterization
  • Damage and fatigue behavior
  • Fracture mechanics
  • Conventional and abrasive waterjet machining
  • Computational modeling
  • New advances and practical applications

Prof. Habiba A. Bougherara
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Applied Sciences is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • Bio and Nanocomposites
  • Natural fiber composites and hybrid composites
  • Mechanical testing and characterization
  • Damage and fatigue
  • Machining
  • Modeling

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Additional Criteria for Playground Impact Attenuating Sand
by David Eager, Chris Chapman, Yujie Qi, Karlos Ishac and Md Imam Hossain
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(19), 8805; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/app11198805 - 22 Sep 2021
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Abstract
Falls within children’s playgrounds result in long bone and serious injuries. To lower the likelihood and severity of injury, impact attenuating surfaces (IAS) are installed within the impact area (fall zone). There are three primary IAS materials used, namely: granulated rubber products, wood [...] Read more.
Falls within children’s playgrounds result in long bone and serious injuries. To lower the likelihood and severity of injury, impact attenuating surfaces (IAS) are installed within the impact area (fall zone). There are three primary IAS materials used, namely: granulated rubber products, wood fibre products, and sand. There is a deficiency with existing IAS test methods in that they do not take account of sand degradation over time. When children use the playground, sand degradation can occur when sand produces fines and smaller particles with low sphericity and angular which fill the voids between the sand particles. These fines and smaller particles tend to bind the sand and lower its impact attenuating performance. This paper proposes an additional IAS test to eliminate sands that degrade above an established threshold rate after installation due to normal usage. IAS degradation properties of fifteen IAS sands were tested including sand particle shape, sand particle distribution, percentage fines and sand particle degradation. This accelerated ageing test method is applicable only to sands and not rubber or wood fibre IAS products. The best IAS sands were sourced from quarries located on rivers that had eroded volcanic outcrops. These sands were shown to degrade the least and had little to no fines, and their particle shape was rounded to well-rounded. The most reliable source for good quality IAS sands on these rivers was on specific bends. The sand mined at these locations consistently had a tight particle size distribution. Full article
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