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Numerical and Experimental Advances in Metal Processing

edited by

Abel Dias dos Santos

Abílio M. P. De Jesus

and

Rui L. Amaral

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10808 | Submission Open

Keywords: manufacturing; metals; manufacturing processes; fatigue; fracture; product design; finite element analysis; structural integrity; surface integrity; residual stresses

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)

Research on Fatigue Behavior of Additively Manufactured Materials

edited by

Fabio Scherillo

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2710 | Submission Open

Keywords: fatigue; fracture; additive manufacturing; metals; polymers; surface; post-treatments; fractography

(This special issue belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing)

Advanced Digital Design and Laser Manufacturing in Metallic Materials

edited by Zongbao Shen

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1411 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital design; laser manufacturing; surface microstructures; integral topology structures; mechanical properties

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)

Advances in Manufacturing, Processing and Characterization of Metallic Alloys and Composites

edited by Zahabul Islam and Daudi Waryoba

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 404 | Submission Open

Keywords: novel manufacturing and processing; additive manufacturing; mechanical properties; computational modeling; alloys and coatings

(This special issue belongs to the Section Entropic Alloys and Meta-Metals)

Solidification and Casting of Light Alloys

edited by

Giulio Timelli

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 241 | Submission Open

Keywords: solidification; casting; aluminium; magnesium; titanium; microstructure; casting defects; solidification modelling; processing– microstructure– properties relationship

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)

Recent Insights into Mechanical Properties of Metallic Alloys

edited by

Daniela Pilone

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7118 | Submission Open

Keywords: alloys; mechanical properties; additive manufacturing; shape-memory alloys; high-entropy alloys; intermetallic alloys; functionally graded materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Structural Integrity of Metals)

Synthesis, Microstructure, and Properties of Lightweight Metal Matrix Composite Materials

edited by

Roberto Martínez Sánchez

Sergio Gonzalez Sanchez

and

Carlos G. Garay Reyes

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4069 | Submission Open

Keywords: aluminium-based composites; magnesium-based composites; characterization; mechanical properties; microstructure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Matrix Composites)

Fracture Mechanics and Failure Analysis of Metallic Materials

edited by

Simon A. Sedmak

and

Aleksandar S. Sedmak

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2845 | Submission Open

Keywords: fracture mechanics; failure analysis; welding; risk analysis; finite element method; fatigue; corrosion; fracture behaviour; material characterisation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Failure Analysis)

Manufacturing and Characterization of Metallic Electrode Materials (2nd Edition)

edited by

Que Huang

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1545 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy storage device; metal batteries; metal– air batteries; rechargeable batteries; supercapacitors; fuel cell; metallic electrode materials; metal anode; experimental synthesis and manufacturing; advanced characterization methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metallic Functional Materials)

Novel Insights and Advances in Steels and Cast Irons

edited by

Annalisa Fortini

and

Chiara Soffritti

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 14682 | Submission Open

Keywords: cast irons; steels; microstructure; heat treatment; mechanical properties; tribological behavior; corrosion resistance; coatings; casting; process parameters; modeling; welding

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)

Modeling Thermodynamic Systems and Optimizing Metallurgical Processes

edited by

Senlin Cui

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9249 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermodynamic modeling for metallic and oxide systems; diffusion modeling for metallic and oxide systems; viscosity modeling for slag and liquid metal; machine learning on thermodynamic modeling; phase diagram measurements; diffusion measurements; thermodynamic property measurements; thermodynamic calculations; solidification; metal extraction; metal refinement; recycling; metallurgical process simulation; material process simulation; material design; corrosion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computation and Simulation on Metals)

Research on Microstructure and Performance Mechanisms of Advanced Steels and Alloys

edited by

Weina Zhang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 8607 | Submission Open

Keywords: steels; alloys; materials processing; mechanical properties; microstructure; mechanism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)

Advanced Metal Welding and Joining Technologies—2nd Edition

edited by

Yu Zhang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6797 | Submission Open

Keywords: welding metallurgy; light metals; high-entropy alloy; bulk metallic glass; mechanical property; corrosion; hybrid joining technique; dissimilar metal joining

(This special issue belongs to the Section Welding and Joining)

Microstructure, Crystallography, and Mechanical Properties of Metallic Materials

edited by Aman Gupta and Gyan Shankar

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6651 | Submission Open

Keywords: microstructure; crystallographic texture evolution; mechanical properties; metallic materials; recrystallization behavior; texture; recrystallization behavior; grain growth

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crystallography and Applications of Metallic Materials)

Additive Manufacturing and Characterization of Metallic Alloys and Composites

edited by

Xianfeng Li

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6504 | Submission Open

Keywords: additive manufacturing; materials characterization; metals and alloys; metal matrix composites; microstructural evolution; mechanical properties

(This special issue belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing)

Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment

edited by

Hélder Puga

Rongshan Qin

Oleg Mishin

and

Heinz-Günter Brokmeier

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5824 | Submission Open

Keywords: casting processes; forming processes; heat treatment; metals; alloys shape design; simulation; mechanical properties; corrosion resistance; microstructure; anisotropy; defects prediction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)

Preparation, Formation and Application of Light Alloys and Their Composites

edited by Lei Luo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3202 | Submission Open

Keywords: light alloy; light alloy matrix composites; material preparation technology; material forming technology; material application; casting; additive manufacturing; powder metallurgy; hot pressing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)

Corrosion and Sustainability: Challenges, Innovations and Future Perspectives in Green Energy

edited by

Davood Nakhaie

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3113 | Submission Open

Keywords: corrosion sustainability; green energy; hydrogen embrittlement; carbon capture; corrosion in renewable energy; eco-friendly coatings; corrosion-resistant materials; green inhibitors; high-temperature corrosion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Corrosion and Protection)

Metal Corrosion Behavior and Protection in Service Environments

edited by

Zhiyuan Feng

and Bing Lei

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3105 | Submission Open

Keywords: corrosion mechanism; corrosion protection; corrosion prediction; failure analysis; atmospheric corrosion; marine corrosion; metal corrosion; material safety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Corrosion and Protection)

Laser Processing Technology for Metals

edited by

Zhen Luo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2014 | Submission Open

Keywords: laser additive manufacturing; laser surface engineering; specialized laser processing; laser welding; laser drilling and cutting; microstructure and properties; laser processing simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing)

Additive Manufacturing of Metallic Materials: Experiments and Modelling

edited by

Ana Rosanete Lourenço Reis

and

Roya Darabi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1498 | Submission Open

Keywords: metallic additive manufacturing (MAM); process– structure– property relationships; microstructural evolution; mechanical behavior of AM metals; residual stress in additive manufacturing; computational modeling of AM; multiscale and multiphysics simulations; defects and porosity in AM; fatigue and fracture of AM components; machine learning for process control in AM; artificial intelligence for defect detection and quality assurance in AM

(This special issue belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing)

Advances in 3D Printing Technologies of Metals—3rd Edition

edited by

Irene Buj Corral

and

Felip Fenollosa-Artés

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1426 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal 3D printing; vat photopolymerization with metal-filled resins; metal binder jetting; fused filament fabrication (FFF) with metal-filled filament; direct ink writing (DIW) with metal-filled ink; selective laser melting (SLM; DLMS; LMF; etc.); electron beam melting (EBM); wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM); direct energy deposition (DED); laser-engineered net shaping (LENS)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing)

Porous Metallic Materials: Properties, Applications and Latest Research Progress

edited by Qingzhou Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1235 | Submission Open

Keywords: porous metallic materials; preparation; structure– property relationship; application research; multifunctional integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metallic Functional Materials)

Microalloying Mechanism of Ferritic Stainless Steel

edited by

Fei Gao

and

Chi Zhang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1063 | Submission Open

Keywords: ferritic stainless steels; microalloying; microstructure; texture; property

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)

High-Entropy Alloys: Processing and Properties

edited by

Xuejiao Wang

and Zhong Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1021 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-entropy alloys; multi-principal element alloys; alloy design; phase design; segregation; industrial application; special alloys

(This special issue belongs to the Section Entropic Alloys and Meta-Metals)

Surface Modification of Alloys

edited by

Veljko Djokić

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 848 | Submission Open

Keywords: alloys; surface engineering; surface modification; test and characterization; chemical properties; physical and mechanical properties; corrosion behavior; biocompatibility; industrial application; biomedical application

Fatigue of Metals and Welded Joints

edited by Ricardo Rafael Ambriz Rojas

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 676 | Submission Open

Keywords: fatigue; fracture; welding; experimental and numerical analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Failure Analysis)

Properties and Residual Stresses of Welded Alloys

edited by

Dean Deng

Yifeng Wang

and

Guangjie Feng

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 555 | Submission Open

Keywords: microstructure; properties; numerical simulation of welding residual stress; experimental measurement of welding residual stress; modeling of welded joints; performance of welded alloys

(This special issue belongs to the Section Welding and Joining)

Advances in Multiaxial Fatigue and Metallurgical Characterization of Metals

edited by

Luis Reis

Ricardo Branco

and

Vitor Anes

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 326 | Submission Open

Keywords: multiaxial fatigue; metallurgy; microstructure and fatigue; ferrous and non-ferrous metals; alloy fatigue behavior; crack initiation and propagation; environmental fatigue effects; advanced material characterization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Failure Analysis)

Metal 3D Printing Techniques for Biomedical Applications

edited by Chi Wai Chan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 215 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal 3D printing (M3DP); additive manufacturing; biomedical implants; customised implants; biocompatibility

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biobased and Biodegradable Metals)

Modern Techniques and Processes of Iron and Steel Making

edited by

Huiqing Tang

submission deadline 1 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 660 | Submission Open

Keywords: iron and steel making; sustainability; renewable energy; recycling; green steel

Advances in Metal Forming and Plasticity

edited by

Gabriela Vincze

and Marilena Butuc

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2203 | Submission Open

Keywords: plasticity; formability; fracture; anisotropy; mechanical behavior; springback; microstructure; texture; multiscale modelingmodelling; numerical simulation; experimental mechanics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)

Experimental Mineralogy and Crystallography of Metal-Based Materials

edited by

Vilma Petkova

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 357 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal-based materials; mineralogy; crystallography; microstructure; phase transformation; crystallization and recrystallization; anisotropy; solid state transformations; mechanical and functional properties

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crystallography and Applications of Metallic Materials)

Green Super-Clean Steels

edited by

Yanling Zhang

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8204 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultra-low-sulfur steel; ultra-low-phosphorus steel; zero-inclusion steel; gas-based reduction; comprehensive use of resources

Hydrogen Embrittlement of Metals: Behaviors and Mechanisms

edited by Kai Xu and Guiying Qiao

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7419 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogen embrittlement; hydrogen embrittlement resistance; material failure analysis; hydrogen diffusion and permeation; hydrogen transport; hydrogen storage; material processing; microstructure characterization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Failure Analysis)

Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Metallic Materials by Powder Metallurgy

edited by

Eric Hug

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1300 | Submission Open

Keywords: powder metallurgy; sintering; additive manufacturing; microstructures; mechanical properties; temperature effects; degradation and stability; corrosion/oxidation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Powder Metallurgy)

Laser, Plasma and Radiation Processing of Metals, Alloys, and Composite Materials

edited by

Milton Sergio Fernandes de Lima

and

Catalin-Daniel Constantinescu

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1014 | Submission Open

Keywords: laser; plasma and radiation processing; metals; alloys and composites; surface structuring; thin films and multilayers; nanoparticles and nanomaterials; welding; cutting and cladding; additive manufacturing/3D printing; advances in engraving and marking; structure– property relationships; functional properties engineering; metallic materials design & properties; models and theoretical research

Research Progress of Crystal in Metallic Materials

edited by

Cai Chen

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7128 | Submission Open

Keywords: crystallographic structures; crystallographic textures; FCC; BCC; HCP

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crystallography and Applications of Metallic Materials)

Advances in Microstructure and Properties of Light Alloys

edited by

Lenka Kuchariková

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2563 | Submission Open

Keywords: light alloys; foam; extrusion; casting; novel materials; processing methods; grain refinement; heat treatment; microstructure; safety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)

State of the Art in Flotation and Separation of Metallic Minerals

edited by

Dianwen Liu

Liuyang Dong

and Peilun Shen

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 593 | Submission Open

Keywords: mineral processing; froth flotation; metallic minerals; flotation separation and purification; flotation reagents

(This special issue belongs to the Section Extractive Metallurgy)

Advances in Local Loading Forming Process

edited by

Wuhao Zhuang

and Xinghui Han

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 130 | Submission Open

Keywords: local loading forming; plastic deformation mechanism; metal flow behavior; process design method; microstructure and mechanical properties

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)

Additive Manufacturing of Metallic Materials

edited by Paul Wood and

Urvashi Fowdar Gunputh

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10335 | Submission Open

Keywords: additive manufacturing; powder and wire; feedstock reuse; metallic alloys; process– microstructure– property relation; defects; porosity; grain morphology; fatigue; lattice structures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing)

Self-Organization in Plasticity of Metals and Alloys

edited by

Mikhaïl A. Lebyodkin

and

Jamieson Brechtl

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7849 | Submission Open

Keywords: plastic deformation; self-organization; collective dynamics of defects; spatial structures in plasticity of solids; multi-scale experiment and modeling; intermittence; dynamical chaos; dislocation avalanches; dislocation patterning; strain localization patterns; metals and alloys

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crystallography and Applications of Metallic Materials)

Metallurgy, Surface Engineering and Corrosion of Metals and Alloys

edited by

Hendra Hermawan

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3359 | Submission Open

Keywords: coating; corrosion; corrosion-resistant alloys; electrochemistry; ferrous alloys; inhibitor; manufacturing process; metallurgy; microstructure; non-ferrous alloys; surface engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Corrosion and Protection)

Microstructure, Tensile Properties and Creep Behavior of Metallic Materials

edited by Youliang Yang, Ziyao Ma and

Lihua Zhan

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2412 | Submission Open

Keywords: creep behavior; microstructural evolution; multi-scale modeling; dislocations; grains; second phases

Continuous Casting and Solidification of Steels

edited by

Peisheng Lyu

, Haihui Zhang and

Lei Zhang

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 140 | Submission Open

Keywords: conventional continuous casting; twin-roll strip casting; steel quality control; solidification behavior; interfacial heat transfer; mold flux optimization; thin-slab casting; multiscale modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)

Advanced Theoretical Technology for Understanding Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of Alloys

edited by Wei-Wei Xu,

Xiaoyu Chong

and Zhihua Dong

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 398 | Submission Open

Keywords: first-principles calculations; dislocation dynamics; multiscale modeling; machine learning; alloy design; microstructure characterization; mechanical properties; phase stability; defect energetics; structural materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computation and Simulation on Metals)

Advances in Metal Additive Manufacturing: Materials, Technologies, Fabrication and Mechanical Properties

edited by

Michela Simoncini

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 278 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal additive manufacturing; 3D printing; mechanical properties; microstructure; process parameters; metal alloys; topology optimization; metal powder; additive manufacturing technology; post-processing techniques

Metallic Nanostructured Materials and Thin Films

edited by

Catalin-Daniel Constantinescu

and

Ahmed Al-Kattan

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 15749 | Submission Open

Keywords: material science; metallic thin films; metallic nanomaterials; surface structuring; metallurgy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metallic Functional Materials)

Welding and Joining of Advanced High-Strength Steels (2nd Edition)

edited by

Víctor H. Baltazar-Hernández

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10022 | Submission Open

Keywords: Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS); welding and joining of AHSS; microstructure-property relationship of welded AHSS; welding manufacturing of AHSS; applications and performance of welded AHSS

(This special issue belongs to the Section Welding and Joining)

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