Cast Irons: Properties and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Cast iron is one of the most used material in engineering applications thanks to its good mechanical properties and excellent castability, which allows to obtain very complex geometries without the need of joining or welding operations. Designers often need to know the mechanical properties values in each zone of the casting. In fact, such properties are very different from those declared in the standard classification of the cast iron used. At constant chemical composition, the mechanical properties of a casting will depend on the microstructure, which in turn is ruled by the cooling rate at each point of the casting. On the basis of this background, the proposed special issue is aimed to collect papers dealing with both static and fatigue strength characterization of ductile iron castings and applications in which such kinds of alloys are used. Submissions of works that correlate process parameters, as well as the solidification time with mechanical properties, are strongly encouraged.

I’m very pleased to invite you to contribute with your recent advances about cast iron to this Special Issue ‘Cast Irons: Properties and Applications’ to be published in the open access journal Metals. Mechanical properties and applications of conventional, as well as non-conventional, cast iron grades will be considered in the Special Issue.

Prof. Dr. Paolo Ferro
Guest Editor

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