Microstructure and Mechanical Properties Analysis of Metallic Structural Materials

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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