Crystal Plasticity (4th Edition)

A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352). This special issue belongs to the section "Crystalline Metals and Alloys".

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Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems, Mississippi State University, 200 Research Blvd, Starkville, MS 39759, USA
Interests: microstructure evolution; phase transformation; metallic alloys; thermomechanical processing; rate-dependence; process-structure-property relationships; mathematical modeling; failure analysis

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Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems, Mississippi State University, 200 Research Blvd, Starkville, MS 39759, USA
Interests: crystal plasticity; self-consistent models; spectral methods; CPFEM; deformation twins; dislocation density; twin nucleation

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Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems, Mississippi State University, 200 Research Blvd, Starkville, MS 39759, USA
Interests: steel; additive manufacturing; in-situ resource utilization; bio-inspired design; multiscale structure-property relations; materials and mechanical properties characterization

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Following the resounding success of the first three volumes of this Special Issue, we are delighted to announce a call for papers for submission to “Crystal Plasticity (4th Edition)”. With the ongoing progress in the understanding, development, and application of crystalline materials, the importance and utility of robust mathematical and computational modeling tools continues to grow. We wish to invite manuscripts pertaining to any of the several facets of crystal plasticity, with the goal of gaining valuable insights on any of the linkages in the composition–process–structure–property–performance paradigm. This invitation spans crystal plasticity work within a broad range of contexts, including but not limited to:

  • Manufacturing & Processing
    • Conventional processing methods:
      • Casting, solidification, heat treatment, and hot/cold working (rolling, forging, drawing, forming, extrusion, etc.).
    • Novel and advanced manufacturing techniques:
      • Additive manufacturing (both fusion and non-fusion based);
      • Hybrid additive–subtractive manufacturing;
      • Severe plastic deformation; 
      • Sintering.
  • Modeling methodologies and computational techniques
    • Mean-field and full-field approaches;
    • Development of new theoretical/mathematical frameworks;
    • Data science, machine learning, and statistical methods;
    • Computational implementations (e.g., new numerical solvers/schemes, parallelization, incorporation into digital twins, etc.).
  • Material systems that exhibit crystallinity
    • Conventional metallic alloys;
    • Multi-principal element and high-entropy alloys;
    • Ceramics;
    • Semiconductors;
    • Nanocrystalline materials;
    • Biomaterials;
    • Composites;
    • Meta-materials and auxetic structures; 
    • Intermetallics.
  • Understanding and capturing material mechanisms
    • Compositional effects:
      • Solute and substitutional additions;
      • Elemental segregation;
      • Precipitate formation, growth, and coherence/decoherence.
    • Microstructural phenomena:
      • Dislocation theory;
      • Phase transformation;
      • Texture evolution; 
      • Recrystallization.
    • Property development:
      • Strengthening;
      • Toughening;
      • Controlling anisotropy.
    • Analysis of effects of defects:
      • Vacancies, stacking faults, dislocation structures, and grain/phase/twin boundary evolution.
    • Failure initiation and propagation (monotonic or cyclic). 
  • Operating environments:
    • High temperature/refractory applications;
    • Nuclear/radioactive;
    • Corrosive/caustic;
    • High deformation rates;
    • High-frequency/high-cycle thermal and/or mechanical loading. 
  • Multiphysics:
    • Coupled effects of two or more factors (e.g. microstructural, thermal, mechanical, chemical, nuclear, etc.).

Dr. Shiraz Mujahid
Dr. Yub Raj Paudel
Dr. Hongjoo Rhee
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • plasticity
  • computational methods
  • machine learning
  • texture evolution
  • microstructural mechanisms
  • thermomechanical processing
  • advanced manufacturing and metamaterials
  • process–structure–property relationships
  • metals, alloys, and intermetallics

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Relationship Between Structure and Functional Properties of Ultrafine-Grained Fe-Mn-Si Alloys for Temporary Implants
by Olga Rybalchenko, Natalia Martynenko, Natalia Anisimova, Georgy Rybalchenko, Natalia Tabachkova, Elena Lukyanova, Igor Shchetinin, Diana Temralieva, Alexey Tokar, Petr Straumal, Pavel Dolzhenko, Andrey Belyakov, Mikhail Kiselevskiy and Sergey Dobatkin
Crystals 2025, 15(5), 424; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst15050424 - 30 Apr 2025
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This paper presents a study of microstructure formation in bioresorbable Fe-Mn-Si alloys for temporary implants under high-pressure torsion (HPT) at room temperature and at 300 °C. The effect of silicon on the mechanism of microstructure formation under HPT and, as a consequence, on [...] Read more.
This paper presents a study of microstructure formation in bioresorbable Fe-Mn-Si alloys for temporary implants under high-pressure torsion (HPT) at room temperature and at 300 °C. The effect of silicon on the mechanism of microstructure formation under HPT and, as a consequence, on the mechanical, corrosion and biological properties of the alloys is studied. It is established that Si promotes martensitic transformation. HPT leads to an increase in the microhardness values of the studied alloys from ~1560 MPa in the initial state to ~5500 MPa (160–560 HV) due to structure refinement and phase transformation. An increase in the electrochemical corrosion rate of Fe-Mn-Si alloys to ~0.5 mm/year is established due to grain refinement to nanosize and the formation of strain-induced martensite. In vitro cytotoxicity and induced hemolysis studies showed that Fe-Mn, Fe-Mn-3.7Si, and Fe-Mn-5Si alloys after annealing and HPT can be characterized as biocompatible. Full article
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Comparison of Durability and Gamma-Ray Shielding Performance of High-Velocity Oxygen Fuel Tungsten Carbide-Based Coatings on Cold-Rolled Steel Surface
by Yeong-Ho Son, Seung Heon Baek, Beom Kyu Kim, Jeong Ho Hwang, Jae Hun Lee and Geun Dong Song
Crystals 2025, 15(1), 21; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst15010021 - 27 Dec 2024
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This paper provides a comparative evaluation of the mechanical properties, corrosion resistance, and gamma-ray shielding performance of four different types of tungsten carbide (WC)-NiCr coatings deposited on cold-rolled steel surfaces, which are used as materials for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste (LILW) storage [...] Read more.
This paper provides a comparative evaluation of the mechanical properties, corrosion resistance, and gamma-ray shielding performance of four different types of tungsten carbide (WC)-NiCr coatings deposited on cold-rolled steel surfaces, which are used as materials for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste (LILW) storage containers. The four types of coatings were classified as WC-85, WC-73, WC-66, and WC-39 according to their WC content and were applied to the cold-rolled steel surfaces using the High-Velocity Oxygen Fuel (HVOF) spraying process. The performance of the layered coatings was analyzed in terms of their microstructure, hardness, wear resistance, adhesion strength, corrosion properties, and gamma-ray shielding characteristics. Coatings with elevated WC contents showed enhanced mechanical properties and gamma-ray shielding effectiveness, whereas coatings with relatively lower WC contents and higher NiCr contents exhibited greater corrosion resistance. This paper discusses the performance of WC-NiCr coatings from the viewpoint of enhancing the durability and safety of commercial LILW storage containers. Full article
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