Recent Advances in Fatigue Strength of Metallic Materials
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Mechanical Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2026 | Viewed by 15
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mechanical engineering; production engineering; metal fatigue; finite element modelling; fatigue strength and life assessment
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Fatigue is one of the most critical failure modes limiting the service life of mechanical components in aerospace, automotive, biomedical, energy generation and civil infrastructure applications.
Recent progress in alloy design, precise processing methods and FE modelling has enabled researchers to understand, predict and improve the fatigue strength and fatigue life of metals exposed to complex mechanical loads and environmental conditions. This Special Issue aims to compile the latest experimental and computational advances that strengthen both the fundamental knowledge and practical engineering of fatigue. We particularly seek manuscripts that demonstrate how improved fatigue performance can contribute to sustainability through life-extension, lightweight design or reduced inspection frequency.
Authors are invited to submit original research papers and critical review articles that identify knowledge gaps and delineate future research directions.
Dr. Ramūnas Česnavičius
Dr. Antanas Ciuplys
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fatigue strength
- metallic materials
- additive manufacturing
- low-cycle fatigue
- high-cycle fatigue
- corrosion fatigue
- crack initiation
- crack propagation
- life prediction
- FE fatigue analysis
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