Advanced Hterogeneous Metallic Materials
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2024) | Viewed by 2059
Special Issue Editor
Interests: stacking fault energy; mechanical properties; gradient structure; deformation mechanism
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Dear Colleagues,
It is well known that bulk nanostructured metallic materials generally exhibit high strength but poor ductility, which greatly hinders their applications. Recently, heterogeneous metallic materials have proven to be a new strategy for attaining unprecedented mechanical properties compared to conventional homogenous materials, including gradient structure, heterogeneous lamella structure, bimodal structure, harmonic structure, laminate structure, dual-phase steel, nanodomained structure, nanotwinned grains, etc. These structural heterogeneities trigger stress/strain partitioning between domains with significantly different strengths during strain. Recent advances in the preparation technologies of heterostructured materials have yielded an understanding of the underlying deformation mechanisms. The investigation of heterogeneous metallic materials is one of the most promising emerging areas of advanced structural materials systems. This Special Issue covers a wide range of topics in the field of heterogeneous metallic materials and we cordially invite original research articles and reviews on recent achievements in the following areas related to heterostructured materials:
Dr. Xinkun Zhu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- development of novel experimental methods on heterostructured materials
- deformation mechanisms and experimental mechanics
- mechanical and physical properties
- computational and analytical modeling
- microstructural evolution and characterization
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