Deformation and Torsional Fatigue Behaviour of Steels and Uniaxial Stress Tests

Dear Colleagues,

Having a good design and knowing the actual lifespan of structures and products is incredibly significant, as any failures have the potential to lead to loss of human lives. As such, it is engineers’ duty to know the exact length of time that all important components of their designs can tolerate a known, repeated stress before they break.

Fatigue is a failure that occurs due to repeated loading and is a common cause of fracture. From an engineering point of view, it is of particular significance to study the field of the causes of cracks and their propagation.

The object of this Special Issue is to address the problems related to the torsional, rotational fatigue behavior of steels, as well as uniaxial stress tests.

Areas to be covered in this Special Issue may include but are not limited to:

• Torsional, rotational bending fatigue test methods;
• Standard fatigue test methods;
• Tensile and creep testing under different conditions;
• Crack initiation and propagation;
• Surface fracture analysis.

This Special Issue will hopefully contribute to the collaboration of scientists from different fields of mechanical material characterization and engineering. Different approaches, i.e. analytical, numerical, and experimental, are encouraged and welcome.

Prof. Dr. Marino Brčić
Guest Editor

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