Solidification of Metals and Alloys
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2021) | Viewed by 3280
Special Issue Editor
Interests: metal solidification; additive manufacturing; X-ray imaging; in-situ characterization
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Dear Colleagues,
Over a few millennia, human civilization has employed solidification as one of the main ways to process metals and alloys. Metal casting has shaped human history while soldering, brazing and welding later became different forms of solidification processing that were essential for manufacturing. Besides, solidification is also the underlying process behind modern metal additive manufacturing. Evolving thermal, solute and other physical conditions largely determine the microstructure and defects that appear in solidified metal components. Thus, solidification dictates the strength, properties and resilience of the products. A good understanding of the relevant microstructure and defect formation mechanisms is, therefore, crucial for developing successful solidification processing capacities. Numerical modelling and the more recent emergence of situ experimental techniques have become prominent tools to probe, reveal and analyse transient and dynamic phenomena associated with solidification processing. Thus, this Special Issue embraces the studies of solidification of metals and alloys, focusing on, but not limited to, wider in situ experimental and numerical modelling studies. It will cover a wider perspective on recent advances in metals and alloy solidification, ranging from fundamental concerns, such as nucleation and growth, to engineering aspects, such as defect formation and process control.
Dr. Wajira Mirihanage
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Nucleation
- Dendrite growth
- Casting
- Welding
- Metal additive manufacturing
- Solidification defects
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