Advanced Manufacturing Technologies for Improving Fatigue Behavior of Metal Components

Dear Colleagues,

Material fatigue in metal components leads to significant global economic losses, estimated at billions of euros per year. In addition, accidents and catastrophes due to material fatigue are a direct threat to people's lives. Therefore, the development of advanced technologies to improve the fatigue behavior of metal components is an investment in the safety of their operation, as the goal is to protect society's most important capital—the human factor. Improved fatigue behavior results from modifying the material structure at all levels in an appropriate manner, either in the entire volume of the metal component or only in its surface layers. This Special Issue focuses on advanced technologies for increasing the fatigue strength of metal components used in all areas of industry.

Potential topics include the following:

• Advanced technologies for modifying the structure throughout the volume of the metal component based on thermal impact (heat or cryogenic), mechanical impact (cold rolling, cold hole expansion, etc.), and hybrid and combined methods.
• Advanced surface engineering technologies based on the following:
  • Surface cold working;
  • Surface heat treatment and thermo-chemical diffusion;
  • Concentrated energy flows;
  • Hybrid and combined approaches.
• Evaluation of the effectiveness of developed advanced technologies (experimental, theoretical, numerical simulations, and combined approaches)

Prof. Dr. Galya Velikova Duncheva
Prof. Dr. Jordan Todorov Maximov
Guest Editors

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