Performance Evolution of Metallic Materials Under Extreme Environments
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Metal Failure Analysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 326
Editor
Interests: service safety behavior and assessment of materials/structures in extreme environments; cross‑scale multi‑physics field dynamic detection and reliability research; robot design and control technology for complex environments
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The push to drive modern technology into increasingly demanding frontiers, such as deep-space exploration, next-generation nuclear energy, and advanced propulsion systems, is relentless and places unprecedented demands on engineering materials. Metallic materials, which serve as critical structural components, are routinely subjected to a confluence of extreme conditions, including ultra-high temperatures, cryogenic temperatures, intense radiation fields, corrosive/oxidizing atmospheres, and severe mechanical loading. Metallic materials serve as critical structural components. They are routinely subjected to a combination of extreme conditions. These include ultra-high temperatures, cryogenic temperatures, intense radiation, corrosive or oxidizing atmospheres, and severe mechanical loads.
Understanding the underlying mechanisms driving this performance evolution is paramount for the design, qualification, and safe application of metals in extreme environments. This Special Issue aims to consolidate cutting-edge research focused on the behaviour and degradation of metallic materials under such harsh service conditions. We invite contributions that employ experimental, theoretical, and computational approaches to investigate phenomena such as creep deformation, phase instability, irradiation-induced swelling and embrittlement, environmental-assisted cracking, and thermal–mechanical fatigue. Studies on novel alloys (e.g., high-entropy alloys, refractory alloys, high-temperature alloys), advanced characterization techniques for in situ or post mortem analysis, and modelling efforts predicting long-term performance are particularly welcome. Both fundamental research elucidating degradation mechanisms and applied studies reporting performance data for specific material-environment systems fall within the scope of this issue.
We seek original research articles and comprehensive reviews that will advance the knowledge base and foster innovation in the development of next-generation metallic materials capable of enduring the challenges of extreme environments.
Prof. Dr. Wenrui Wang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- extreme environments
- high-temperature materials
- radiation damage
- corrosion
- mechanical degradation
- microstructure evolution
- life prediction
- advanced alloys
- failure mechanisms
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