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The Central European Journal of Engineering calls for papers which will be published in the Topical issue devoted to BLAST AND IMPACT PERFORMANCE OF ENGINEERING STRUCTURESin the 4^th issue of 2012.

The paper submission has been extended till 1. May 2012

We plan to publish at least 15 papers related to the topic.

The interested authors are kindly invited to register at our paper processing system available at http://www.editorialmanager.com/ceje and submit their contribution using special track established for this topical issue.  

All papers will go through the CEJE's high standards, quick, fair and comprehensive peer-review procedure. The Guest Editors will be responsible for the final paper selection.

Guest Editors

• Dr Homayoun Hadavinia

  School of Mechanical & Automotive Engineering

  Kingston University, UK

  Email: H.Hadavinia@kingston.ac.uk

• Professor Ian Ashcroft

  Wolfson School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering

  Loughborough University, UK

  Email: I.A.Ashcroft@lboro.ac.uk

Technicalities

• The journal home page: http://versita.com/ceje/
• On-line content: http://www.springerlink.com/content/1896-1541
• Submission of full papers: from 1 December 2011 till 1 May 2012
• Notification of paper acceptance: 1 July 2012
• Submission of final and corrected papers: 1 August 2012
• Journal publication: 1 September 2012 (in the 4th issue)
• Authors are strongly encouraged to prepare their papers according to the Instructions for authors: http://versita.com/ceje/authors/
• Paper processing system: http://www.editorialmanager.com/ceje/
• During papers upload authors must choose as article type Topical Issue: Blast and Impact Performance of Engineering Structures
• In case on any questions concerning topical issue or paper processing system please contact the Managing Editor, Dr. Anna Kowalska at: akowalska@versita.com

Additional information about the Journal

CEJE is a peer-reviewed, online-only journal co-published by Versita and Springer. The journal was founded with the aim of providing a multidisciplinary exchange platform for scientists and engineers of main engineering branches.

Our mission is to publish original manuscripts that report on significant advances in their respective areas and would be of importance to the general engineering audience. Innovative and multidisciplinary papers are particularly welcomed. Both research and review articles, as well as communications and vision papers are published.

CEJE is already indexed at: Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), Google Scholar, OCLC, Summon by Serial Solutions and Scopus. CEJE has also applied to Thomson Scientific.

For more details, please visit our web pages at: http://versita.com/ceje and http://www.springer.com/engineering/journal/13531.

Additional information about the Topical Issue

The mechanisms of blast and impact of structures are time dependent phenomena, which are influenced by many factors, such as the type and rate of loading and the behaviour of materials at high strain rates. Blast can be defined as a large scale, rapid and sudden release of energy. For example, in physical explosions, energy may be released from the catastrophic failure of a pressure vessel, or from the chemical interaction of two or more gases or liquids. Structural Impact deals with the behaviour of structures and components subjected to large dynamic loads which can be the outcome of various processes, such as a blast event or a high speed crash.

For the analysis of blast, the prediction of the effects of the blast load on structures is an important step in designing an advanced blast protective structure. Blast energy is released within a very short period of time, potentially less than 1ms, making it difficult for protective materials to absorb the majority of the blast energy. The complexity in blast impact analysis is attributed to factors such as the high speed wave front propagation, the flow of various materials, and large structural deformation. Researchers are currently pursuing many issues related to blast and impact analysis and the development of protective systems against blast and impact forces. Alongside experimental studies, numerical simulation is an attractive and effective method to determine the dynamic loads produced by an explosion/impact on structural elements and to predict the structural response to these loads. Thus

understanding the theoretical, numerical and experimental aspects of the blast and impact of structures is of special interest.

Currently, analysis of the blast and impact performance of structures is a very active research field which is of interest to engineers from many different disciplines, including aeronautical, mechanical, civil, military, transport, offshore and other backgrounds. This special issue is dedicated to the research and development of various aspects of blast protection of structures from explosive loadings, low and high velocity impact of structures and space and ground vehicles, structural energy absorbing systems, the response of composite and metal structures as well as FRP/metal laminates under a variety of impact and blast loadings, missile and ballistic impact, seismic loadings, dynamic properties of materials and related industrial problems.  Selected papers in these subject areas are considered for publication in this special issue.