Development of New Ultra-High Strength Stainless Steels

Dear Colleagues,

The objective of this issue of the journal Metals is to publish work directed at the development of new ultra-high-strength stainless steels. Explicitly, these papers will examine the effects of composition, deformation, temperature, and melt practice on the microstructure and, hence, on the mechanical behavior of these new steels. The mechanical behavior of interest will include strengthening mechanisms, fracture and fracture toughness, corrosion resistance, stress corrosion cracking, and fatigue. The mechanical behavior considered could be at room temperature or at temperatures above or below room temperature. Thus, the effect of test temperature on toughness and the ductile-to-brittle transition would be a possible topic. The papers can be experimental in nature or they can consider the use of modeling in the development of such steels. While the papers will inevitably deal primarily with martensitic stainless steels, some of the new steels could be bainitic. Further, it is possible that new steels could be amorphous in nature, and this would be of great interest. 

Prof. Dr. Warren M. Garrison
Guest Editor

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