Fracture of Heterogeneous Metals
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Metal Failure Analysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 112
Special Issue Editor
Interests: fracture mechanism; heterogeneous metals; functionally graded materials; layered or laminated materials; additive manufacturing; welding; FSW; tension; simulation; machine learning
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Significant developments have been achieved in recent years in processing advanced high-performance materials/components by combining different metals. Examples include functionally graded materials (FGMs), materials with periodic microstructures (e.g., multi-layered or laminated materials), and heterogeneous metals integration. Generally, two or more strengthening mechanisms are involved and interactive in these heterogeneous materials/components during deformation; these can be strain partitioning, strain transformation, interface constraint, additional hardening, back-stress strengthening, etc. Interestingly, materials with microstructural heterogeneity may exhibit much higher strength and ductility than the sum of separate unities as calculated using the rule of mixture, evading the strength–ductility trade-off dilemma in homogeneous materials.
This Special Issue welcomes all kinds of articles working on the deformation and fracture of heterogeneous materials, while articles on the following topics will be given priority: 1. The fracture of high-performance heterogeneous materials; 2. novel fracture mechanism of interface between two metals; and 3. advanced technologies for connecting heterogeneous metals.
Dr. Chen-Wei Shao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fracture mechanism
- heterogeneous metals
- functionally graded materials
- layered or laminated materials
- additive manufacturing
- welding
- FSW
- tension
- simulation
- machine learning
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