Special Issue

Structural Behavior and Durability of Advanced Ceramic Matrix Composites and Environmental Barrier Coatings

Submission Deadline: April 30, 2027 (Open) Submit Now

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About This Topic

Ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) and environmental barrier coatings (EBCs) have emerged as critical enabling technologies for next-generation aerospace propulsion systems, hypersonic vehicles, thermal protection systems, gas turbines, and advanced energy applications. Their unique combination of low density, high-temperature capability, oxidation resistance, and superior structural performance offers significant advantages over conventional metallic materials operating in extreme environments. However, the long-term durability, damage tolerance, and reliability of these material systems remain major challenges that must be addressed to support widespread implementation in demanding engineering applications.

This Special Issue focuses on recent advances in the structural behavior, mechanical performance, durability, characterization, modeling, and life prediction of advanced ceramic matrix composites and environmental barrier coating systems. Particular emphasis is placed on understanding the complex interactions among material architecture, manufacturing processes, environmental exposure, thermo-mechanical loading, damage evolution, and structural integrity.

Contributions are invited on experimental, analytical, computational, and data-driven investigations related to CMCs, EBCs, and associated high-temperature material systems. Topics of interest include material characterization, constitutive modeling, damage initiation and progression, fracture mechanics, fatigue, creep, oxidation, CMAS attack, environmental degradation, coating-substrate interactions, residual stress development, thermo-mechanical behavior, and durability assessment. Research addressing multiscale modeling, finite element analysis, physics-based life prediction, machine learning, uncertainty quantification, and digital engineering methodologies is particularly encouraged.

The Special Issue also welcomes contributions focused on advanced manufacturing and processing technologies for CMCs and EBCs, including additive manufacturing, hybrid manufacturing, fiber architecture optimization, coating deposition technologies, repair methodologies, and process-structure-property-performance relationships. Studies investigating the role of manufacturing-induced defects, residual stresses, and process variability on structural performance and durability are especially encouraged.

Submissions addressing advanced non-destructive evaluation (NDE), structural health monitoring (SHM), and full-field measurement techniques such as Digital Image Correlation (DIC) for detecting, characterizing, and quantifying damage and degradation are highly welcome. Research integrating experimentally observed defects and damage into computational models for structural integrity assessment and remaining-life prediction is of particular interest.

Original research articles, review papers, and case studies covering aerospace, defense, energy, transportation, and other high-temperature engineering applications are encouraged. Contributions from academia, government laboratories, research institutions, manufacturers, material suppliers, and end users are welcome.

Suggested Topics

• Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs)
• SiC/SiC Composites
• Oxide/Oxide Composites
• Environmental Barrier Coatings (EBCs)
• Thermal Barrier Coatings (TBCs)
• Structural Behavior and Durability
• Damage and Fracture Mechanics
• Fatigue, Creep, and Thermo-Mechanical Loading
• Oxidation, CMAS Attack, and Environmental Degradation
• Coating-Substrate Interactions
• Residual Stresses and Thermal Mismatch
• Material Characterization and Experimental Mechanics
• Digital Image Correlation (DIC)
• Structural Health Monitoring (SHM)
• Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE)
• Finite Element Analysis and Computational Modeling
• Multiscale and Multiphysics Modeling
• Life Prediction and Reliability Assessment
• Physics-Based Durability Models
• Machine Learning and Data Analytics
• Additive Manufacturing of Ceramic Composites
• Additive Manufacturing of High-Temperature Materials
• Advanced Manufacturing and Processing Technologies
• Coating Deposition and Repair Technologies
• Manufacturing Defects and Process Variability
• Aerospace Propulsion Applications
• Hypersonic Systems and Thermal Protection Systems
• High-Temperature Materials and Structures
• Energy and Power Generation Applications

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted through the LIDSEN Submission System. Detailed information on manuscript preparation and submission is available in the Instructions for Authors. All submitted articles will be thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process and will be processed following the Editorial Process and Quality Control policy. Upon acceptance, the article will be immediately published in a regular issue of the journal and will be listed together on the special issue website, with a label that the article belongs to the Special Issue. LIDSEN distributes articles under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License in an open-access model. The authors own the copyright to the article, and the article can be free to access, distribute, and reuse provided that the original work is correctly cited.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). Research articles and review articles are highly invited. Authors are encouraged to send the tentative title and abstract of the planned paper to the Editorial Office (rpm@lidsen.com) for record. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Editorial Office.

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