Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME): Accelerated Next Generation of Structural Materials Development

Dear Colleagues,

As the demand for new structural materials has been growing in many applications, great efforts have been spent on their development. Traditionally, structural materials follow the trial-and-error experimental approach. Recently, many new materials and new processes have been invented with new computational tools, such as integrated computational materials engineering (ICME). As a result, this Special Issue is focusing on the development and applications of new metallic materials using ICME.

Articles concerning aluminum alloys, magnesium alloys, and nickel-based superalloys and their processing and characterizations are welcome. This Special Issue will cover— but is not limited to—the following fundamental and applied research topics:

• Integrated computational materials engineering (ICME);
• Material and process modeling;
• Alloy development;
• Process control;
• Phase quantification;
• Thermodynamic calculation;
• Kinetic modeling;
• Density functional theory;
• Molecular dynamics;
• Microstructure evolution;
• Forming, joining, machining;
• Fatigue and fracture;
• ICME+AI-enabled metallic materials design;
• Physics-based modeling of process–property;
• Structural applications (automotive, aerospace, ...).

In keeping with the long-standing tradition of publishing the most recent and highest quality works in Metals, this Special Issue features a collection of manuscripts entitled “Integrated Computational Materials Engineering”, which are the finest and latest breaking articles in metallic materials development from 2022; these all articles are listed with the main indexing services, making them readily searchable, available on the web and citable.

Please ensure your paper is submitted on time, and we thank you for your interest in “Integrated Computational Materials Engineering”.

Prof. Dr. Yuhong Zhao
Prof. Dr. Junsheng Wang
Dr. Renhai Shi
Guest Editors

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