Mechanical Behavior of Advanced High-Strength Alloys
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Metals and Alloys".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2025 | Viewed by 51
Special Issue Editors
Interests: metallic glass; high-entropy alloys; high-strength steel; fracture toughness; fracture mechanisms; deformation mechanisms; mechanical properties; fatigue
Interests: high-entropy alloys; Cu alloys; high-strength steel; deformation mechanisms; mechanical behavior; fatigue; ultrafine grain
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the growing global emphasis on energy conservation, emission reduction, and environmental protection, scientists worldwide are increasingly focused on the development of advanced materials that enable superior service performance while minimizing resource consumption and environmental impact. The High-strength materials are crucial in this pursuit, possessing exceptional load-bearing capacities that facilitate structural lightweighting, component miniaturization, and performance enhancement across diverse sectors, including aerospace, rail transportation, renewable energy systems, and 3C electronic devices.
Significant breakthroughs have been achieved in traditional and novel material systems in recent years. Researchers have not only enhanced conventional material families (such as titanium alloys, steels, aluminum alloys, copper alloys, magnesium alloys, superalloys, and advanced composites) to achieve unprecedented strength levels, but also developed innovative materials, including high-entropy alloys, amorphous alloys, and additively manufactured high-strength alloys. These advancements have substantially expanded the material selection landscape for next-generation structural applications. However, challenges persist in balancing strength with other critical properties such as ductility, fracture toughness, and manufacturability, and these challenges are currently being addressed through cutting-edge research.
This Special Issue focuses on recent progress in understanding the mechanical behavior of advanced high-strength alloys. We welcome contributions addressing the following:
- The mechanical properties and behaviors of high-strength alloys;
- The fundamental mechanisms governing the mechanical performance of high-strength alloys;
- The fracture initiation and propagation mechanisms of high-strength alloys;
- Structure–property relationships across multiple length scales in high-strength alloys;
- Innovative processing–structure–property optimization strategies in high-strength alloys;
- Emerging characterization techniques for the mechanical analysis of of high-strength alloys.
By compiling state-of-the-art research in this rapidly evolving field, we aim to establish a knowledge platform that encourages further innovations in high-strength alloy development and accelerates their industrial implementation.
Prof. Dr. Ruitao Qu
Prof. Dr. Yanzhong Tian
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- high-strength steel
- high-strength aluminum alloys
- high-strength copper alloys
- high-strength magnesium alloys
- high-strength superalloys
- high-entropy alloys
- amorphous alloys
- additively manufactured high-strength alloys
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