Advances in Constitutive Modeling for Metals and Alloys

Dear Colleagues,

In order to achieve a detailed insight into the deformation and stress distribution within a sample or a component by finite element modeling, it is clear that the quality of the results depends on the quality of the material constitutive model chosen and the accuracy of the its calibration.

To describe and refine the description of the visco-plastic behaviour of the material and to evaluate the plastic strain and sometimes the stress triaxiality, the latter to determine the damage evolution inside the material, especially in tensile loading where premature failure can occur at limited strains, it is of the primary importance to identify the more appropriate analytical model. Sometimes, the models available in the literature are not appropriate and require improvement to better reproduce the experimental evidence and the physical behaviour of the material.

This Special Issue aims to present constitutive material models related to numerical modeling through finite element analysis, model parameter optimizations, and their improvement. Papers on constitutive models of metals and alloys as well as papers on metals produced by additive manufacturing and their behaviour at high strain rates are welcome. Calibration methodologies are also of interest for this special issue.

Dr. Edoardo Mancini
Guest Editor

Dr. Giuseppe Dell’Avvocato
Guest Editor Assistant

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