Deformation and Failure Behavior of Metastable Metallic Materials

Dear Colleagues,

Metastable metallic materials exhibit a local minimum of Gibb’s free energy, meaning that under specific conditions the materials will transform spontaneously into a more stable structure. Besides the temperature, a monotonic and/or cyclic loading belongs to the most important conditions, which provide a driving force for such transformation. Consequently, during mechanical loading a complex change in microstructure associated with formation and rearrangement of dislocations, formation of stacking faults, twinning and phase transformation takes place. These microstructure-based mechanisms not only influence the physical properties but also the deformation and failure behavior of metastable metallic materials. Hence, the interaction of these mechanisms plays an important role for functional and/or structural fatigue. Although metastable metallic materials represent a huge family of crystalline materials like TRansformation-Induced-Plasticity (TRIP) and TWinning-Induced-Plasticity (TWIP) steels, High Entropy Alloys (HEAs), Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs) as well as amorphous materials like Bulk Metallic Glasses (BMGs), from a physical point of view, there are parallels regarding the microstructural mechanisms, which determinate the deformation and failure behavior of this class of metals.

For this Special Issue, we welcome manuscripts presenting experimental and theoretical studies, which address the deformation, phase transformation and failure behavior of the different types of metastable metallic materials mentioned above. Scientific works focused on understanding of cross effects like magneto-mechanical or magnetic-temperature interaction as well as reviews of fundamental metal physics are also warmly welcomed. 

Dr. Marek Smaga
Guest Editor

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