Heterogeneous and Architectured Materials: A Possible Strategy for Design of Structural Materials

Abstract Facing increasing demands for multifunctional solutions, the classical strategy of the metallurgist to improve properties, using microstructural refinement, reaches its limits: very often the function is not provided by the property only, but by the interplay between the shape, the properties, and possible association of materials. The purpose of the present paper is to outline new strategies for structural materials development …