Fatigue Damage, Crack Growth and Life Assessment in Extreme Environments and Complex Loading Conditions
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2026 | Viewed by 113
Editor
Interests: material characterization; mechanical property (fatigue and fracture); failure mechanism; life prediction; mechanics of materials; mechanical testing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Fatigue and fracture are among the primary failure modes of advanced metallic alloys used in engineering structures. Understanding fatigue damage mechanisms and crack initiation and propagation behavior, and developing reliable life prediction models are essential for ensuring structural integrity and service safety.
This Special Issue aims to collect original research and review articles related to fatigue behavior, fracture mechanisms, and life assessment methods for advanced metallic materials in extreme environments and complex loading conditions. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Fatigue crack initiation and propagation;
- High-cycle and low-cycle fatigue;
- Very-high-cycle fatigue (VHCF);
- Fracture behavior and fracture mechanics;
- Fatigue life prediction models;
- Damage tolerance and structural integrity assessment;
- Experimental characterization and testing methods;
- Numerical simulation and modeling of fatigue and fracture;
- Fatigue behavior under complex loading and environments;
- Advanced metallic alloys and additively manufactured metals.
Researchers are encouraged to submit original research papers and review articles that address recent advances in fatigue, fracture, and life prediction for metallic materials.
Dr. Bingbing Li
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- fatigue damage
- fracture mechanics
- life prediction
- numerical simulation
- advanced alloys
- extreme environment
- complex loading conditions
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