Advances in Steel Materials: Structure, Processing, and Properties

Dear Colleagues,

Iron alloys have been used by people for many years. In the modern world, steel products occupy a significant place in all spheres of human activity. New challenges require new solutions, so the steel industry does not stand still. In this Special Issue, we are going to collect works devoted to both the development of new steel materials (including new technologies, for example, additive) and the modification of well-known steel grades by alloying, thermomechanical, and surface treatments.

Repair works using surface (ultrasonic, laser, plasma) treatments have a significant impact on the service characteristics of the steel material, which requires careful study not only of its external quality but also changes in its internal structure and phase state.

The main aim of this Special Issue is to cover recent progress in decisions regarding the problems related to steel materials and parts, including recent developments in manufacturing and surface treatment. The Issue will collect the investigations associated with the following topics:

• physical and mechanical properties of modern steel materials
• problems with the surface treatment and protective coatings of steel materials
• structure evolution and martensitic transitions in steel metals under severe plastic or cyclic deformation
• modern methods of studying the structure and properties of steel materials
• new technologies in the manufacturing of steel materials
• biomedical use of steel materials
• mathematical modeling and metal forming simulation

Scientific papers reporting new and unpublished results on these topics are welcomed.

Dr. Nataliya V. Kazantseva
Prof. Dr. Oleg Bashkov
Guest Editors

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