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Functionally Graded Materials (FGM) as other composite materials, are well-known by their capability of being tailored to meet structures’ operating requirements. However unlike other types of composites such as laminates, they are also able to contribute to minimize abrupt stress transitions due to its continuously varying mixture of materials’ constituent phases. In addition to these features, FGM can provide an important thermal barrier function for specific applications where this is indispensable. These materials’ mixture gradient can occur in any direction although the most commonly referred occur the thickness direction. The mixture profile along a specific direction can also be predefined considering the desired performance. Thus, the use of FGM may constitute a very important design tool to achieve required structures’ functionalities.

This special issue aims to provide a collection of reference manuscripts in the wide scope of FGM and their applications, advancing the state of the art. Therefore it is our great pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue.

Keywords: Functionally graded materials; Numerical modelling; Experimental analyses; Performance of materials and structures; Optimal design

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