ICCM9 - Special Issues

ICCM2018 Special Issues (by invitation of the Chair only)

SI#1. International  Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering (JMC)

Multiscale and Multiphysics Modeling of 'Complex' Materials and Engineering Applications

Materials with micro(/nano)-structure (Composites, Fiber-Reinforced, Laminated, Granular, Masonry-Like, Cementicious, Biomaterials,  Random Materials); Complex material behaviour (Damage, Fracture, Defects, Cracks, Non-Classical Continua, Multiphysics, Poromechanics, Fluid Flow, Plasticity, Thermomechanics, Viscosity); Non-standard/Non-local continuous formulation (Micromorphic continua, Multifield, Configurational/Material, Non-local Models, Dispersive Wave Propagation); Computational Methods and Simulations (Coupled Discrete-Continuum;  Computational Multiscale/homogenization, Molecular/Dislocation Dynamics; Multi-Domain/Concurrent)

Guest Editor: Patrizia Trovalusci
Co-editors: Nicholas Fantuzzi and Maria Laura De Bellis
Deadline: October 31, 2019.
EDITORIAL

SI#2. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications (JOTA)

Computational Optimization for Structural Engineering Applications

Structural Optimization Methods and Applications. Classical methods. Evolutionary Optimization; Machine Learning; Hybrid strategies. Multi-Fidelity Optimization; Hierarchical Optimization; Concurrent Optimization, Moving Morphable Components; Explicit Isogeometric Topology Optimization. Shape and Topology Design Optimization; Multiscale Structural and Material Optimization; Level Set Based Topology Optimization, Evolutionary Optimization (ESO); Bi-Directional Evolutionary Optimization (BESO); Parametric Optimization and Multi Concurrent Objectives; Multi-Material Topology Optimization; Numerical Layout Optimization; Uncertainty Based Optimization. Structural Identification and Diagnosis via Reverse Analysis; Data-Driven Computational Structural Mechanics of Existing and Damaged Structures. Dynamic Optimization. Mathematical Programming for Non-Standard Limit Analysis.

Guest Editors: Patrizia Trovalusci  and Giulio Maier
Co-Editor: Vincenzo Gattulli
with the collaboration of dr. Nicholas Fantuzzi

Deadline: June 30, 2020
TABLE OF CONTENTS; EDITORIAL

SI#3. Meccanica

Computational Models for 'Complex' Materials and Structures, beyond the Finite Elements

Theory and Formulation for Novel Computational Methods for Materials and Structures;  Applications of  Meshfree and Particle Methods applications; Fractional Computational and Mathematical Models for Advanced Material Behavior; High-performance Finite Element Method for Materials and Structural Problems; Discrete Element Methods, applications to mechanical/geomechanical problems; Computation Methods for Lattice Meta-materials; Computational Methods in Nonlinear Dynamics Problems;  Computational Methods for Nanocomposites and Green Materials; Advanced Computational Methods for Strain Localization, Computational Modeling of Soft Tissues; Computational Methods for Masonry Structures

Guest Editors: Patrizia Trovalusci and Cui Fangsen
with the collaboration of dr. Nicholas Fantuzzi

Deadline: August 30 2019.
EDITORIAL

SI #4.  Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale (Fracture and Structural Integrity) (FSI)

Recent Advances in Computational Strategies for Fracture and Damage Detection in Masonry Structures

Limit Analysis and Non-Smooth Contact Dynamics; Computational strategies based on either Discrete Element Method (DEM) or Finite Element Method (FEM); Computational homogenization approaches; Multiscale models for fracture/damage simulation; Adaptive multi-level domain decomposition strategies; Shape and topology optimization approaches; Regularized variational formulations for masonry mechanics; Damage/plasticity models including unilateral contact and friction; In-plane behaviour and Out-of plane behaviour; Thrust Network Analysis.

Guest Editor:  Patrizia Trovalusci

Co-editors: Michela Monaco, Francesco Portioli and Emanuele Reccia


Deadline: October 31, 2019.
EDITORIAL



SPECIAL ISSUES PRIN2017 (NEW)


Special Issue "Modeling of Constitutive Laws for 
Traditional and Innovative Building Materials
",
Materials (MDPI)


Submission open


SPECIAL ISSUE OF J FOR MULTISCALE COMPUTATIONAL
ENGINEERING DEDICATED TO THE 60th BIRTHDAY OF
PATRIZIA TROVALUSCI