Advanced Lightweight Materials: Processing, Characterization and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to publish original contributions in the area of processing, characterization and applications of advanced lightweight materials. Advanced lightweight materials, such as high- strength steel, aluminum alloy, magnesium alloy and titanium alloy, are important structural metal materials with excellent characteristics of high specific strength, high specific stiffness and excellent lightweight effect, etc. They have been widely used in aerospace, naval, rail transit, automotive industry, biomedical and civil engineering fields. However, poor formability and the difficulty of trade-off of strength and ductility in advanced lightweight alloys limit the application of the materials. Thus, in recent years, the development and application of processing, characterization and application technology in advanced lightweight materials have become an essential research topic.

Articles concerning the theories, technologies and applications related to the processing, characterization and applications of advanced lightweight materials are welcome. This will provide a broad platform for scientists and engineers in relevant fields all over the world to show their latest research work. Therefore, this Special Issue will cover—but is not limited to—the following fundamental and applied research topics:

• Advanced lightweight alloys;
• Processing and forming processes;
• Material characterization;
• Mechanical properties;
• Damage and fracture;
• Constitutive modelling;
• Strengthening mechanisms;
• Process and system modelling;
• Applications.

Prof. Dr. Yanli Song
Guest Editor

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