Surface Strengthening and Modification of Metallic Materials

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is focused on highlighting the most recent contributions in the field of materials science and engineering and surface strengthening and modification of metallic materials from a broad range of applications, from aerospace to nuclear engineering. The main applications are related to materials and process performance involved in engineering applications and the post-processing and treatment procedures. This Special Issue will focus on the improvement of the behavior and performance of metallic materials through surface modification and peening technologies. We welcome the submission of various papers related to surface strengthening and modification of materials and their improved properties, from experimental approaches and modeling/simulation to advanced insights into materials and surface post-treatment procedures. It is also encouraged to submit papers on numerical simulation and computational dynamic analysis of surface strengthening processes due to the continuously increasing demands for advanced computer solutions.

In addition, this Special Issue welcomes interesting research papers from the 8th ICLPRP.

For this Special Issue of Metals, it is our pleasure to invite you to submit papers and review articles.

We look forward to your valuable contributions.

Prof. Dr. Young-Sik Pyun
Prof. Dr. Do-Sik Shim
Prof. Dr. Chang Ye
Prof. Dr. Auezhan Amanov
Prof. Dr. Yongxiang Hu
Guest Editors

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