Damping in Metals and Alloys
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 July 2020) | Viewed by 854
Special Issue Editor
Interests: shape memory alloys; intermetallics for high-temperature applications; metal–matrix composites; internal friction and damping of metals and alloys; mechanical spectroscopy techniques and theoretical analysis; study of the atomic origin of internal friction mechanisms through the coupling of mechanical spectroscopy and electron microscopy; damping at micro and nano-scale, measurement, and analysis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Damping is a property of materials that is useful in a range of technological applications, from large structures, as in the case of seismic damping, through macroscopic-scale damping in daily life for noise suppression and vibration mitigation, to microscopic-scale damping to, for example, improve MEMS reliability.
In addition, the microscopic processes that are responsible for damping are the subject of high scientific interest. They involve many kinds of relaxation processes, and are associated, among other things, with short-distance diffusion of atoms and interface movement. The study of these microscopic mechanisms and their contribution to damping may require the development of non-conventional instrumentation of mechanical spectroscopy or new methodologies to measure the internal friction.
Finally, mechanical spectroscopy for the measurement of damping, as an intrinsic property of materials, may become a tool to discover and analyze new phenomena in materials science, providing specific information that no other technique is able to offer.
All these aspects of damping will be addressed in the present Special Issue, which will be focused on "Damping in Metals and Alloys". Composites and hybrid materials will also be considered, provided that metals and alloys remain the main source of damping.
Prof. Dr. Jose M. San Juan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- high damping metals and alloys (HIDAMETS)
- microscopic mechanisms responsible for damping
- damping during phase transformations (e.g., martensitic)
- non-conventional techniques of mechanical spectroscopy for damping measurement
- damping at micro/nano scale
- damping applications of metals and alloys
- designing alloys or metal composites for high damping
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