Fatigue and Fracture Behavior of Joining Methods for Lightweight and High Strength Materials
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Metal Failure Analysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2018) | Viewed by 10555
Special Issue Editor
Interests: fatigue; fracture; welding: joining; solid-state additive manufacturing; mechanical properties; microstructure characterization
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The recent push for lightweight and high-strength materials has put renewed interest on joining technologies. Traditional welding and joining methods face significant barriers in joining new materials with advanced physical and mechanical properties. As such, this Special Issue will focus on advancements in the field of fatigue and fracture behavior of joining methods. This special issue will provide a platform intended to present the state-of-the art regarding development of modeling techniques and novel experimental quantification of failure behavior of advanced welding and joining methods. Modeling and experimental studies on the fatigue and fracture of the following are welcome, though the topics are not limited to what follows:
- Friction stir welding and processing
- Fusion welding
- Riveting
- Fasteners
- Hybrid joining
- Brazing
- Mixed-metal joining
- Metal-composite joining
- Additive manufacturing repair
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- friction stir welding
- resistance spot welding
- self-pierce riveting
- brazing
- dissimilar metal welding
- fatigue
- fracture