These are the proceedings of the 2012 International Conference on Advanced Materials Design and Mechanics (ICAMDM 2012) held on June 5-7th 2012 in Xiamen, China. The 167 peer-reviewed papers are grouped into 5 chapters: Advanced Materials Design; Materials Engineering; Manufacturing, Technology and Processing; Mechanical Engineering; Applied Computer Technologies and Control. Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS).

The aim of this collection by results of the 4th International Conference on Advanced Materials Design and Mechanics (ICAMDM2016, August 20-21, 2016, Jeju Island, South Korea) is to present the latest results of research in advanced materials, their application and related technologies. Presented papers will be useful for many scientists and engineers.

Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2013 2nd International Conference on Advanced Materials Design and Mechanics (ICAMDM2013), May 17-18, 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS). The 138 papers are grouped as follows: Chapter 1: Material Science; Chapter 2: Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies, Ceramic Engineering; Chapter 3: Building Materials and Their Applications, Housing; Chapter 4: Construction Dynamics, Strength and Stress, Fatigue and Damage Analysis, Applied Mechanics; Chapter 5: Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Machining and Processing, Welding and Joint Technologies; Chapter 6: Tribology, Automotive and Vehicle Engineering; Chapter 7: Photovoltaic and Solar Energy Engineering; Chapter 8: Computer Technologies in Manufacturing, Simulation Technology, CAD and Software Applications.

Optimal design with advanced materials is becoming a very progressive and challenging domain within applied mechanics. The increasing use of advanced materials, such as anisotropic fiber composites and ceramics, is instigating new developments to be made within constitutive modelling and the computational methods of analysis, sensitivity analysis and optimization. A new dimension of optimal design is being realised by the direct tailoring and building of new materials. Research in this area is accelerating rapidly with the results already being applied to high technology industries. Two vital high technology research areas covered in this volume include homogenization and smart materials/structures. The 31 papers will prove an indispensable reference source for all those involved in the interdisciplinary research and development aspects of mechanics, materials and mathematics in the design of advanced materials.

The book presents interesting examples of recent developments in this area. Among the studied materials are bulk metallic glasses, metamaterials, special composites, piezoelectric smart structures, nonwovens, etc. The last decades have seen a large extension of types of materials employed in various applications. In many cases these materials demonstrate mechanical properties and performance that vary significantly from those of their traditional counterparts. Such uniqueness is sought – or even specially manufactured – to meet increased requirements on modern components and structures related to their specific use. As a result, mechanical behaviors of these materials under different loading and environmental conditions are outside the boundaries of traditional mechanics of materials, presupposing development of new characterization techniques, theoretical descriptions and numerical tools. The book presents interesting examples of recent developments in this area. Among the studied materials are bulk metallic glasses, metamaterials, special composites, piezoelectric smart structures, nonwovens, etc.