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A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Metal Failure Analysis".

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Prof. Dr. Mingliang Zhu

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Key Laboratory of Pressure Systems and Safety, Ministry of Education, School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
Interests: fatigue; fracture mechanism; life prediction; design against fatigue
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Dr. Jianguo Gong

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Key Laboratory of Pressure Systems and Safety, Ministry of Education, School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
Interests: fatigue; fatigue-creep; life prediction; design methodology

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Dear Colleagues,

Fatigue is believed to be one of the key factors that causes the failure of engineering structures. The research on fatigue has a long history and has evolved gradually since it was first published in 1854 and pioneered by Wöhler in the 1860s. The various types of engineering applications (aircrafts, rotating components, bridges, automobiles, trains, etc.), different kinds of fatigue failure (constant/variable/random load fatigue, fretting fatigue, creep fatigue, corrosion fatigue, thermo-mechanical fatigue, etc.) and the accompanying complex mechanisms among different materials and structures (steels, alloys, composites, welded joints, etc.) make fatigue a complicated topic that fuels research into the fatigue design method.

The process of metal fatigue damage is complex, and there are significant differences in the mechanism, deformation characteristics, and failure modes of metal fatigue damage under different load types and service environments. The deformation characteristics and damage mechanisms are essentially a multi-scale process, which needs both cross-scale modeling and experiments. The improvement of the modeling and understanding the full life of metal fatigue damage can provide a theoretical basis and technical guidance for the safe operation and maintenance of equipment.

The aim of this Special Issue is to highlight recent advances related to fatigue and damage of metallic materials to ensure safety, reliability and long-term stability of engineering components in extreme service environments.

Prof. Dr. Mingliang Zhu
Dr. Jianguo Gong
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fatigue damage
fracture mechanism
life prediction
design criterion
strength assessment
metallic materials
extreme environment
failure analysis
designs against fatigue

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Experimental Study on Fatigue Performance of Q355D Notched Steel Under High-Low Frequency Superimposed Loading

by Xianglong Zheng, Jiangyi Zhou and He Zhang

Metals 2025, 15(9), 975; https://doi.org/10.3390/met15090975 - 31 Aug 2025

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During the service life of steel bridges, the structural stress histories display combined cyclic characteristics due to the superposition of low-frequency thermal loading and high-frequency vehicle loading. To investigate the fatigue performance under such loading patterns, a series of constant-amplitude and high-low frequency superimposed loading fatigue (HLSF) tests were conducted on notched specimens fabricated from Q355D bridge steel. The influence of HLSF waveform parameters on fatigue life was systematically investigated. Based on the fracture evolution mechanism, a concept of low-frequency periodic damage acceleration factor was proposed to effectively model the block nonlinear damage effects, and the applicability of existing fatigue life prediction models was discussed. The results show that the effect of average stress on the fatigue life under HLSF can be effectively considered by Walker’s formula. Low-amplitude ratios and low-frequency ratios indicate unfavorable loading conditions that may accelerate the Q355D fatigue damage accumulation, and these conditions are not adequately accounted for in current life prediction models. Compared to constant amplitude loading, HLSF can lead to a 66% and 46% reduction in high-frequency life when the amplitude ratio reaches 0.12 and the frequency ratio reaches 100. Compared to Miner’s rule, the proposed damage correction method reduces the life prediction error for HLSF by 11%. These findings provide valuable references for the fatigue assessment of bridge steel structures under the coupled effects of temperature and vehicle loading. Full article

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Comparison on Hysteresis Loops and Dislocation Configurations in Fatigued Face-Centered Cubic Single Crystals

by Zhibin Xing, Lingwei Kong, Lei Pang, Xu Liu, Kunyang Ma, Wenbo Wu and Peng Li

Metals 2024, 14(9), 1023; https://doi.org/10.3390/met14091023 - 7 Sep 2024

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The aggregation and evolution of dislocations form different configurations, which are the preferred locations for fatigue crack initiation. To analyze the spatial distribution of the same dislocation configuration and the resulting configuration morphologies on different observation planes, several typical hysteresis loops and dislocation configurations in fatigued face-centered cubic single crystals with various orientations were compared. The crystal orientations of these specimens were determined by the electron back-scattering diffraction technique in a Cambridge S360 Scanning Electron Microscope. It is well known that dislocation ladder and wall structures, as well as patch and vein structures, are distributed on their respective observation planes,

(1 \bar{2} 1)

and

(111)

. These correspond to the point defect direction and line defect direction of dislocations, respectively. Therefore, the wall structures on the

(1 \bar{2} 1)

and

(111)

planes consist of point defects and line defects, which can be defined as point walls and line walls, respectively. Furthermore, the walls on the

(1 \bar{2} 1)

plane consist of Persistent Slip Band ladders connected with each other, corresponding to the formation of deformation bands. The evolution of dislocation patterns follows a process from patch to ladder and from vein to wall. The formation of labyrinths and dislocation cells originates from the activation of different secondary slip systems. In one word, it can help us better understand the physical nature of metal fatigue and failure by studying the distribution and evolution of different configurations. Full article