Fatigue and Wear of Steel Materials: Characterization and Performance Analysis
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Metal Failure Analysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 November 2025 | Viewed by 40
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As fatigue and wear have become the predominant failure modes of steel materials during service, increasing attention has been devoted to these phenomena by both researchers and engineers. This Special Issue focuses on the characterization and performance analysis of fatigue and wear in all types of steels, including but not limited to:
- Testing methodologies;
- Microstructural characterization;
- Mechanical property evaluation;
- Theoretical and computational studies.
Given the increasingly complex service environments of steel—where temperature fluctuations, corrosive media, and dynamic loading often interact synergistically to influence fatigue and wear behavior—we particularly welcome contributions that explore multi-factor coupling effects on steel performance. Advanced experimental characterization techniques and computational modeling approaches remain key areas of interest, as they provide critical insights for developing more robust research tools and ultimately enhancing the service performance of steel materials.
Dr. Chunlei Zheng
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- fatigue
- wear
- failure analysis
- steel
- mass loss
- fracture
- crack
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