Advances in Creep Behavior of Metallic Materials
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 438
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mechanical properties; high-temperature materials; crystal plasticity
Interests: creep; microstructural stability; phase-change materials
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Dear Colleagues,
Creep is the tendency of a solid material to move slowly or deform permanently under the influence of persistent mechanical stresses. After a material creeps, its performance will deteriorate over time. High temperature is the trend of modern industrial development, and high efficiency (environmental extremes) and reliability (safety and long life) are a contradiction between the two aspects. In the field of transport and in the energy and chemical industries, creep is one of the main deformation mechanisms for the failure of components working under high stress or high temperature (e.g., aero-engines, solid metal batteries, nuclear reactors), which affects the safe and effective service of structural components. Hence, the study of creep-resistant materials is significant for industrial development. Due to the variety of metal materials, structures, and complex processes, it is difficult to form a unified creep resistance mechanism suitable for all metal materials. The creep behavior of various metal materials and the strengthening mechanisms have yet to be adequately studied. Further research on the creep resistance mechanism of metals is needed, and more creep resistance methods have yet to be explored. Developing new metal materials to meet various requirements will undoubtedly benefit industry development. For this Special Issue, we welcome the submission of original research articles, communications, and reviews on recent advances in the creep behavior of metallic materials, with a particular interest in the optimization of composition and microstructural design, the preparation of new creep-resistant metal materials, and the latest advances in creep experiments, characterization of microstructural evolution, and computational simulations at different scales.
Dr. Jiapo Wang
Prof. Dr. Elisabetta Gariboldi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- creep
- metallic materials
- creep deformation mechanisms
- statistical analysis and machine learning
- modeling and simulation
- creep-related microstructural evolution
- nanoindentation
- in situ creep testing
- multi-axial creep experiments
- additive manufacturing
- components assessment
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