Design and Processing of Light Alloys and Their Composites
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2022) | Viewed by 386
Special Issue Editors
Interests: light alloys and its composites
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue on the “Design and Processing of Light Alloys and Their Composites” in Metals should focus on recent advances in the science and technologies associated with aluminum, magnesium, titanium alloys and their composites. The topics will span the full light metals field, from the development of new alloys and composites, through processing and material behavior, to final application and, increasingly, the issues of sustainability and end of life.
This Special Issue will cover all aspects of material selection, design, processing, characterization and evaluation, including:
1) How to improve light alloys and their composites’ properties through processes and process control in casting, forming, heat treating, surface modification and coating, and fabrication.
2) Testing and characterization (including mechanical and physical tests, metallography, failure analysis, corrosion resistance, chemical analysis, surface characterization, and the microanalysis of surfaces, features and fractures).
3) Presenting a clear understanding of the relationships between material selection, processing, applications and performance.
The Special Issue will publish contributions on all aspects of material selection, design, processing, characterization and evaluation. The scope includes light alloys and their composites used in engineering applications: those that typically result in components for larger systems.
Prof. Dr. Zhong Yang
Dr. Zhijun Ma
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- aluminum alloys
- magnesium alloys
- titanium alloys
- composites
- light alloys
- material selection
- material design
- material processing
- material characterization
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