Selected Papers from the 5th International Conference on Light Materials LightMAT 2023
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 14339
Special Issue Editors
Interests: precipitation hardening; aluminum alloys; aluminum
Interests: metal forming processes; heat treatments and thermomechanical treatments; welding, structural adhesives
Interests: lightweight materials; alloy development for additive manufacturing; multi-material-design and hybrid materials; processing; forming; selective laser melting; heat treatment; interface engineering; joining; modeling; testing and characterization; differential scanning calorimetry; x-ray microscopy; failure mechanisms; survival probability models
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Dear Colleagues,
The ongoing need of resource efficiency calls for advanced material solutions. Metallic light materials, such as aluminum, and magnesium alloys as well as titanium alloys, offer excellent prerequisites for this. Striving for optimal solutions requires a multidisciplinary approach that combines materials science and production technology with designing and dimensioning.
Taking up these aspects the 5th International Conference on Light Materials LightMAT 2023 (https://dgm.de/lightmat/2023/) provides a platform for academic and industrial researchers, scientists, and engineers to present and discuss the recent development and progress made in Magnesium, Aluminium, Titanium and their alloys and materials combinations. The materials are viewed individually or in multi-material designs, including processing, joining, and corrosion protection. In addition, LightMAT 2023 will focus on Eco-Efficiency in materials and processes. In this context, we address the question: What are the innovative research business models for materials and material processes shearing with industrial needs for contributing to the accelerated material circularity, sustainability, and also to the dematerialization of our economy related to less dependency on primary materials?
Beyond the metals standard processes and primary applications are addressed, intended to provide comparison and cross-fertilization, giving a comprehensive overview of individual advances, challenges, and highlights, covering:
- Conventional and advanced lightweight applications and products in automotive, aerospace, and other relevant transport and applications
- Fundamental aspects of the three metallic lightweight materials and their alloys, their processing and (physical) metallurgy issues involved
- Microstructure evolution, related properties, and advanced simulation
- Industrial fabrication, processing, joining, and corrosion protection issues
- Additive Manufacturing of metallic structures enabling novel lightweight designs
- Formability and advanced forming of light alloys to shape complex parts
This Special Issue on Light Materials is set to publish selected works presented at this event, in order to share recent progress and new achievements in this emerging field with broader scientific and industrial communities.
Prof. Dr. Bjørn Holmedal
Dr. Julíe Lévesque
Prof. Dr. Axel von Hehl
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- processing and additive manufacturing
- applications and performance
- alloy development
- joining and multi-material designs
- characterization and testing
- computational materials design and engineering
- sustainable and innovative metal processing
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