Ductile and Brittle Fractures in Metals

Dear Colleagues,

Engineering metals including high strength steels have been successfully applied in the automotive, oil and gas, construction and maritime industries due to their strength without compromising ductility. Ductile and brittle fractures in engineering metals causing premature failure of automobile parts in crashes or during assembly, and catastrophic failure of large scale engineering structures when subjected to extreme loads have recently become important research areas. The industry requires cheap and yet reliable experimental methods to characterize plasticity and ductile fractures. In addition, advanced computational modeling approaches are sorely needed at the design stage, as ductile and brittle fractures have become an important factor particularly limiting the design of automobiles. This Special Issue on “Ductile and Brittle Fractures in Metals” will consider a wide range of areas including, but not limited to, the following:

• experimental characterization of ductile and brittle fracture behavior;
• novel experimental techniques for plasticity and fracture characterization;
• modeling of anisotropy of metal sheets;
• multi-axial fracture;
• strain rate and thermal effects on ductile and brittle fractures;
• unit cell simulations;
• coupled and uncoupled fracture models;
• fracture prediction under complex loading histories;
• ductile fracture prediction in sheet metal formation; and
• ductile fracture prediction in crash analysis;

This Special Issue will provide a compilation of experimental and numerical studies related to “Ductile and Brittle Fractures in Metals” research.

Prof. Dr. Joonmo Choung
Guest Editor

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