Mechanical Reliability of Metals and Alloys Under Creep–Fatigue Conditions
A Special Issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701) belonging to the section "Metal Failure Analysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2027 | Viewed by 192
Editors
2. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Technicka 4, Praha, Czech Republic
Interests: material failure; creep modelling; damage mechanics; life assessment
Interests: creep and creep damage in metals and alloys; thermal stability of alloys; thermal properties; materials for thermal storage
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Dear Colleagues,
The long-term structural integrity of metallic materials operating under combined cyclic and sustained loading remains a critical challenge in modern engineering applications. Components used in aerospace propulsion systems, power generation facilities, nuclear reactors, petrochemical plants, transportation infrastructure, and advanced manufacturing environments are frequently exposed to elevated temperatures where creep and fatigue damage interact simultaneously. This interaction often accelerates material degradation, leading to premature failure and reduced service life. Understanding the mechanisms governing creep–fatigue behavior is therefore essential for the safe and reliable design of next-generation engineering systems.
This Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive platform for the dissemination of recent advances in the mechanical reliability assessment of metals and alloys subjected to creep–fatigue conditions. Contributions addressing experimental investigations, theoretical developments, numerical simulations, and data-driven approaches are particularly welcome. Emphasis is placed on studies that improve the understanding of damage initiation, crack propagation, microstructural evolution, deformation mechanisms, and life prediction under complex thermo-mechanical loading environments.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, creep–fatigue interaction mechanisms; constitutive modeling of time-dependent deformation; fatigue and creep damage accumulation; crack growth behavior at elevated temperatures; multiaxial and variable-amplitude loading effects; microstructure-sensitive reliability assessment; advanced characterization techniques; finite element and multiscale modeling; probabilistic and reliability-based design methodologies; machine learning applications in life prediction; and the behavior of emerging high-performance alloys, including superalloys, stainless steels, titanium alloys, lightweight alloys, and additively manufactured metals.
The Special Issue also encourages research focused on industrial case studies, component integrity assessment, remaining life evaluation, and the development of design guidelines for high-temperature structures. By bringing together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry, this collection seeks to advance the scientific understanding of creep–fatigue phenomena and support the development of more reliable, durable, and efficient metallic systems for demanding service environments.
Dr. Mohsin Sattar
Prof. Dr. Elisabetta Gariboldi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- creep–fatigue interaction
- high-temperature deformation
- life prediction modeling
- mechanical reliability
- microstructural degradation
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