Aerospace Lab Journal 9 "Life Prediction Methodologies for Materials aand Structures"

Modelisation of a dislocation microstructure near a crack tip  

The life prediction of structures is a strategic research area that involves multidisciplinary approaches covering multiple size scales - from the nanometer to the meter- and thus involves a great range of physical phenomena. 

This issue of the Aerospace Lab Journal deals with research activities around the microstructure - constitutive behavior - structural lifetime links.  It contains contributions on:

• dislocation dynamics and crystal plasticity
• the explicit modeling of microstructures such as polycrystalline aggregates
• the prediction of the macroscopic constitutive material behavior
• the study of crack initiation and crack propagation phenomena under multiaxial loads
• the modeling of the behavior of actual structures subjected to dynamic loads

The journal is available on  www.aerospacelab-journal.org

The issue 10, scheduled for December 2015, will be devoted to "Plasma for aeronautics".

 

The following topics are still available on the site:

• Optical Diagnostics of Flows
• CFD Platforms and Coupling
• High Temperature Materials
• Mastering Complexity
• Lightning Hazards to Aircraft and Launchers,
• Flow Control: the Renewal of Aerodynamics
• Aeroacoustics
• Aerial Robotics