Materials and Properties -- A Statistical Study on Stress-Strain Relation of AISI 304 Stainless Steel Under Elevated Temperatures -- Interaction Between Concrete Cylinders and Shape-Memory Wires in the Achievement of Active Confinement -- Mathematic Modeling of the Osprey Process -- Cyclic-Bend-Over-Sheave Fatigue Testing of an Umbilical for Oil Production in Ultra-Deep Waters -- Dynamic Crack Propagation in Composite Structures -- Computational Analysis of Loading–Unloading and Non-homogeneity Effects in Metallic Hollow Sphere Structures -- Dielectric Spectra Analysis: Reliable Parameter Estimation Using Interval Analysis -- Modeling and Simulation of Non-classical Materials and Structures -- Numerical Modeling of Complex Structures: Shells and Biological Cells -- Free Vibration Characteristics of Thermally Loaded Cylindrical Shell -- Model of Large Displacements in Static Analysis of Shell -- Nonlinear Time-Dependent Analysis of Prestressed Concrete Shells -- DBEM and FEM Analysis of an Extrusion Press Fatigue Failure -- Damage Detections in Nonlinear Vibrating Thermally Loaded Plates -- Macroscopic Stability Analysis in Periodic Composite Solids -- Finite Element Vibration Analysis of MHSS Based on 3D Tomography Image Processing -- Computational Modelling and Experimental Characterisation of Heterogeneous Materials -- Model Experiment and Numerical Modelling of Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction -- New Technologies -- The Laser Butt Welding Simulation of the Thin Sheet Metal -- Laser Drilling Simulation Considering Multiple Reflection of Laser, Evaporation and Melt Flow -- Effect of Flight Spectrum Loads on the Damage Tolerance Evaluation of a Helicopter Frame -- Effects of Manufacturing-Induced Residual Stresses and Strains on Hydrogen Embrittlement of Cold Drawn Steels -- Hybrid Bonding of Advanced High Strength Steels in the Lightweight Body Shell Design for the Automobile Manufacturing.

The increasing demand for materials with superb properties in all types of technical applications requires the development of advanced materials and respective tools to characterise and predict the material properties and behaviour. This monograph highlights the latest developments and trends in advanced materials and their properties, the modelling and simulation of non-classical materials and structures, and new technologies for joining materials.