Special Journal Issue on Bridging of Material Length Scales

Dear Esteemed Researcher,

It is my pleasure to invite you to submit your recent work as a contribution to the special issue on “Bridging of Material Length Scales” for the journal “International Journal of Materials and Structural Integrity” [http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=162].

This special issue intends to bring together the contributions of noted researchers focusing on theoretical, computational, and/or experimental results that will increase our understanding of the salient deformation mechanisms responsible for size effects at the micron and submicron length scales in metals, metal alloys, ceramics, polymers, composites, concrete, geomaterials, etc. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following areas:

(1)   Plasticity/damage size effects in micro/nano systems and composite materials (e.g. grain size effect in polycrystalline materials, particle size effect in composite materials, micro/nano-indentation size effect, crack/void size effect, thickness effect in thin films and layered media, size effect on fracture toughness and fatigue damage, etc.)  

(2)   Multi-scale non-local and strain gradient plasticity/damage theories.

(3)   Multiple scale computational methods for bridging the time and length scales.

(4)   Surface/interface effects on the mechanical behavior of micro/nano-systems.

(5)   Testing techniques for measuring the mechanical properties of micro/nano systems and the measurement of the material length scales.

 Submission Procedure Length of paper:  

There are no restrictions on the size of a high quality paper.

 Format of paper: 

Any standard format is acceptable.

 Place for submission: 

Please send one copy in the form of an MS Word file attached to an e-mail to Prof. Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub at Texas A&M University (rabualrub@civil.tamu.edu).

Submission Deadline: January 15, 2007