Microstructure and Mechanical Properties Analysis of Metallic Structural Materials
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Metals and Alloys".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 April 2023) | Viewed by 4834
Special Issue Editors
Interests: metallic nanomaterials; cermets; mechanical properties; wear of materials; computational materials science
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Interests: advanced high-strength steels; phase transformations; mechanical behaviors; microstructure characterization; synchrotron radiation; heat treatment
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Metallic structural materials have wide applications in automobiles, high-speed air or ground transportation, clean energy, or more advanced space exploration techniques. Designing and developing metallic structural materials for today’s modern society demands a comprehensive understanding of the complex relationships among processing, microstructures and mechanical properties. Modern research significantly engages in engineering microstructures in order to improve their mechanical properties. The strengthening of mechanisms that contribute to mechanical properties can originate from very different length scales in microstructural features. It is very important to unveil their interactions in their intrinsic state. Advanced materials characterization and simulation techniques provide opportunities for obtaining such detailed microstructure information from the micro- to nanoscale. Investigating the evolution of microstructures and tailoring their mechanical properties is of great significance for promoting the development and application of metallic structural materials.
This Special Issue aims to cover recent advances and new developments in the relationships between the microstructure and mechanical properties of conventional and advanced metallic structural materials. The articles presented in this Special Issue will focus on, but are not limited to, the following topics: metallic materials design, materials processing, advanced characterization techniques, mechanical properties, and strengthening and deformation mechanisms.
We kindly invite you to submit a manuscript for publication in this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews are all welcome.
Dr. Hao Lu
Dr. Minghe Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- metallic materials design
- materials processing
- advanced characterization techniques
- phase transformation
- mechanical properties
- strengthening and deformation mechanisms
- theoretical model
- calculation and simulation methods
- data-driven materials design
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