Recent progress in thermal structures: Materials, structures, and analyses

IF 6.3 2区材料科学 Q1 MATERIALS SCIENCE, COMPOSITES

Composite Structures Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI:10.1016/j.compstruct.2025.119037

S.P. Li , G.Q. Zuo , C.L. Zhang , E. Carrera , W.Q. Chen

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Abstract

Thermal structures research has emerged as an important interdisciplinary field, involving heat transfer mechanisms, thermal protection systems, thermo-mechanical coupling phenomena, thermal energy storage technologies, and thermal management solutions across aerospace, electronic systems, and construction engineering applications. This comprehensive review systematically examines recent advancements in three key areas: (1) innovative heat-resistance material development, (2) advanced thermal structure designs, and (3) fundamental thermo-mechanical coupling mechanisms. The analysis specifically focuses on three representative material systems, demonstrating exceptional thermal performance: (1) functionally graded materials (FGMs) with spatially tailored properties, (2) hierarchically porous materials, and (3) next-generation reinforced composite materials. Furthermore, this review explores how geometric parameters of sandwich structure cores, including corrugated configurations, lattice topologies, and honeycomb geometries, significantly influence thermal conduction pathways and heat dissipation capabilities. From theoretical perspectives, this review introduces important theoretical analytical methods that examine the impact of temperature changes on the thermo-mechanical coupling behavior of structures. The differences between thermo-mechanical semi-coupled analysis and thermo-mechanical fully coupled analysis are also highlighted. This review emphasizes the importance of materials, structural designs, and analysis in engineering applications of thermal structures.

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Composite Structures 工程技术-材料科学：复合

CiteScore

12.00

自引率

12.70%

发文量

1246

审稿时长

78 days

期刊介绍： The past few decades have seen outstanding advances in the use of composite materials in structural applications. There can be little doubt that, within engineering circles, composites have revolutionised traditional design concepts and made possible an unparalleled range of new and exciting possibilities as viable materials for construction. Composite Structures, an International Journal, disseminates knowledge between users, manufacturers, designers and researchers involved in structures or structural components manufactured using composite materials. The journal publishes papers which contribute to knowledge in the use of composite materials in engineering structures. Papers deal with design, research and development studies, experimental investigations, theoretical analysis and fabrication techniques relevant to the application of composites in load-bearing components for assemblies, ranging from individual components such as plates and shells to complete composite structures.