Lightweight Composites

Mrityunjay Doddamani is an Associate Professor in School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India. Dr. Pradeep L. Menezes is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Nevada, USA. Before joining this university, he worked as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UWM), and as a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Menezes’s productive research career has produced more than several peer-reviewed journal publications book chapters, books related to tribology and a patent. He teaches Introduction to Tribology, Advanced Tribology, Surface Engineering, Introduction to Manufacturing Processes, Mechanical Design, and Engineering Composites. He participated in many national and international conferences in roles such as conference paper reviewer, conference review committee member, conference technical committee member, session chairman, Paper Solicitation Chair and technical session organizer. Manoj Gupta is an associate professor at the National University of Singapore's Mechanical Engineering Department. His research interests include the development of energy-efficient techniques such as microwave processing and disintegrated melt deposition processing, the development of light-weight materials with a focus on magnesium-based nanocomposites, syntactic composites, metastable composites, and the development of magnesium-based biomaterials such as composite materials.

• Section 1: Introduction and Constituent Materials1. Introduction to Lightweight composites2. Conventional and Advanced Processing of Lightweight Composites and Multifunctional Materials3. Mechanical and Performance Testing of Lightweight Composites4. Modeling and Simulations Approach of Lightweight CompositesSection 2: Polymer based lightweight Composites5. Acoustic behaviour of lightweight composites6. Crashworthiness performance of lightweight Composites7. Fatigue characterization of functionally graded foams8. Thermo-mechanical properties of lightweight composites9. Rubber based foams10. Lightweight composite materials for electromagnetic interference shielding11. Deformation modelling of Foams12. Machinability studies of Syntactic foams13. Experimental and theoretical Thermal conductivity of Syntactic foam compositesSection 3: Metal based lightweight Composites14. Lightweight Magnesium based Nanocomposites15. Mechanical Behaviors of Al and Mg Based Lightweight Composites16. Tribological aspects of Al and Mg Composites17. Corrosion aspects of Al and Mg based composites18. Lightweight Foams for Biomedical ApplicationsSection 4: Ceramic based lightweight Composites19. Processing of Ceramic foams20. Fundamentals and Applications of Structured Ceramic Foam21. Refractory Ceramic Foams for Novel Applications22. Lightweight ceramic composites for structural applicationsSection 5: Additive Manufacturing of Lightweight Composites23. 3D Printing of Lightweight Core Sandwich Composites24. 3D Printed Ceramic Foams25. AM of Lightweight Metallic Composites26. 3D Printing of MetamaterialsSection 6: Applications, Challenges, and Future Trends27. Applications of Lightweight Composites in Aerospace28. Applications of Lightweight Composites in Automotive29. Applications of Lightweight Composites in Marine Sector30. Challenges and Future Trends