01About This Special Issue

Traditional approaches to modeling focus on one scale. By considering simultaneously models at different scales, an approach that shares the efficiency of the macroscopic models as well as the accuracy of the microscopic models was important. There has been considerable efforts in trying to understand the relations between microscopic and macroscopic models. There have also been several classical success stories of combining physical models at different levels of detail to efficiently and accurately model complex processes of interest. The multiscale, multi-physics viewpoint opens up unprecedented opportunities for modeling. It opens up the opportunity to put engineering models on a solid footing. It allows us to connect engineering applications with basic science. It offers a more unified view to modeling, by focusing more on the different levels of physical laws and the relations between them, with the specific applications as examples. On the other hand, damage assessment and residual useful life estimation are essential for aerospace, civil and naval structures. Multiscale modeling is a key element in material life estimation and structure health monitoring. It not only provides important information on the physics of failure, such as damage initiation and growth, the output can be used as “virtual sensing” data for detection and prognosis.

Aims and Scope:
. Advanced modeling in multiple scales
. Material characterization
. Damage evaluation and detection
. Fatigue, fracture and damage estimation
. Material representation in multiple length scales
. Comparison between simulation and experiment
. Structure health monitoring

02Meet the Guest Editors

Our distinguished editors bring deep subject-matter expertise to curate high-quality research and ensure a rigorous peer-review process.

Lead Guest Editor

Jinjun Zhang

Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, United States

Guest Editor

Jia Liu

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States

Guest Editor

Shunqiang Wang

Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, United States

Guest Editor

Shuo Cui

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States

Guest Editor

Wei Yang

SINTEF, Pearland, United States

Guest Editor

Likun Tan

Thayer School of Enigineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, United States

Guest Editor

Baofang Zhang

School of Packaging, Michigan State University, East lansing, United States

Guest Editor

Zupan Hu

Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, United States

Guest Editor

Kiss Imre

Department of Engineering and Management, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania

ORCID

Guest Editor

Elena Lacatus

Department of Nanotechnology and Special Technologies, Polytechnic University, Bucharest, Romania

Guest Editor

Ganesh K. C.

Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College of Engineering, Nagercoil, Nagercoil, India

Guest Editor

Rifa El-Khozondar

Department of Physics, Al-Aqsa University, Gaza, Palestine

03Published Articles

The following articles have been published in this special issue.