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Cross-Scale Modeling of Metallic Materials on Creep and Fatigue Performance

edited by Youliang Yang, Ziyao Ma and

Lihua Zhan

submission deadline 25 Mar 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1455 | Submission Open

Keywords: cross-scale modeling; creep; fatigue; aging; dislocations; grain boundaries; precipitates

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Failure Analysis)

Advances in Welding and Fatigue of Metallic Materials

edited by

Ivo Černý

submission deadline 25 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 123 | Submission Open

Keywords: welding; metallic materials; microstructure; fatigue resistance; crack initiation; residual stresses; weld defects

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Failure Analysis)

Radiation Defects in Metals and Metal-Oxide Functional Materials: Mechanisms, Control, and Applications

edited by

Renata Ratajczak

submission deadline 30 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 368 | Submission Open

Keywords: radiation-induced defects; metals; metal-oxides; defect transformation; phase transitions; defect engineering; material degradation; material recovery; radiation tolerance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metallic Functional Materials)

Innovative Processing and Heat Treatment for Microstructural Evolution in Metallic Materials

edited by

Claudio Testani

Alessandra Fava

and Giuseppe Barbieri

submission deadline 30 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 76 | Submission Open

Keywords: heat treatment; extrusion; rolling; hot isostatic process; microstructural evolution; phase transformations; additive manufacturing; welding and joining; process–structure–property relationships; metallic materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)

Welding and Additive Manufacturing of Metals

edited by

Javad Karimi

Tatevik Minasyan

and

Ramin Rahmani

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4617 | Submission Open

Keywords: additive manufacturing; welding; material design; microstructure; mechanical properties; sustainlibilty; in situ monitoring; nondestructive testing; welding automation and robotics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing)

High-Energy Beam Machining of Metals

edited by Yang Liu and Cong Sun

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3640 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-energy beam machining; laser precision machining; additive manufacturing; laser micro–nano machining; hybrid machining; electrochemical machining

Advanced Additive Manufacturing of Metallic Materials

edited by

Fani Stergioudi

and

Nikolaos Michailidis

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2747 | Submission Open

Keywords: additive manufacturing; microstructure control; defect mitigation; alloy design; in situ process monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing)

Feature Paper Collection of “Current Challenges in Corrosion Research” (3rd Edition)

edited by

Belén Díaz Fernández

Branimir N. Grgur

and

Jianqiang Wang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2745 | Submission Open

Keywords: corrosion prevention and protection; monitoring; design; advanced materials; modeling and prediction; testing procedures; inhibitors; biomaterials; self-healing coatings; remote monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Corrosion and Protection)

Hybrid Additive Manufacturing and Welding for Metal Alloys: Advances and Applications

edited by

Ali Khalfallah

and

Guido Di Bella

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1945 | Submission Open

Keywords: additive manufacturing; welding; adhesive bonding; metal alloys; wire arc additive manufacturing; powder bed fusion; directed energy deposition; friction stir additive manufacturing; laser welding; microstructure; mechanical properties; hybrid welding; modeling and simulation; process optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing)

Advances in the Study of Metal Crystals

edited by

Changming Fang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1823 | Submission Open

Keywords: metallic materials; crystalline phases; microstructure; intermetallic compounds; metall recycling; metal scrap; thermodynamics stability; electron microscopy analysis; numeric modelling; ab initio simulations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crystallography and Applications of Metallic Materials)

Design, Microstructure, and Mechanical Properties of Medium-Entropy and High-Entropy Alloys

edited by

Jing Peng

, Li Li and

Fusheng Tan

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1783 | Submission Open

Keywords: alloy design strategies for medium- and high-entropy alloys; microstructure characterization and phase stability; mechanical properties and deformation mechanisms; phase formation and transformation in multi-principal element alloys; computational modeling and simulation of MEA/HEA; fracture toughness and fatigue behavior; extreme environment performance (radiation, corrosion, high temperature); advanced manufacturing and processing of MEAs/HEAs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Entropic Alloys and Meta-Metals)

Recent Progress in Metal Rolling Processes

edited by

Jingguo Ding

and Xu Li

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 927 | Submission Open

Keywords: rolling process control; numerical modeling; intelligent modeling; finite element analysis; mechanical analysis; multi-objective optimization; digital twin; machine learning; low-carbon technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)

Advances in Lightweight Alloys, 3rd Edition

edited by Huarui Zhang and Lina Jia

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 925 | Submission Open

Keywords: aluminum alloy; magnesium alloy; titanium alloy; Ni-based superalloy; composition design; processing technology; microstructure analysis; mechanical properties

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)

Advances in Electroslag Remelting and Continuous Casting Technology

edited by

Xuechi Huang

and

Fang Wang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 682 | Submission Open

Keywords: electroslag remelting; continuous casting; solidification; segregation; clean steel; inclusions; slag; CFD; machine learning; optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)

Rare-Earth Alloying Effects in Advanced Metallic Materials

edited by

Jiayi Zhang

and Yuwei Ye

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 672 | Submission Open

Keywords: rare-earth elements; microstructure; grain refinement; mechanical properties; corrosion resistance; advanced metallic materials; thermomechanical processing; electrodeposition

Energy Storage and Electrochemical Performance of Metals

edited by

Guangya Hou

and

Liankui Wu

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 542 | Submission Open

Keywords: metallic materials; porous metals; medium- or high-entropy metals; electrochemical energy storage; batteries; supercapacitors; electrocatalysis; interface engineering; metallic electrodes; electrochemical performance

Surface Engineering and Protective Coatings for Light Metals: Processing, Properties, and Applications

edited by Daniel Kajánek

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 408 | Submission Open

Keywords: light alloys; corrosion; surface treatment; functional properties

(This special issue belongs to the Section Corrosion and Protection)

Innovations in Light Alloys and Composites: From Development to Forming

edited by Lei Luo

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 150 | Submission Open

Keywords: light alloys; composites; advanced forming technologies; microstructure evolution; sustainable lightweighting

Failure Behavior of Metallic Materials

edited by

Jiawei Fu

and

Cheng Zhang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 116 | Submission Open

Keywords: steel; mesoscopic damage; fracture; corrosion and erosion; constitutive equation; multiscale modeling; extreme environments

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Failure Analysis)

Powder Metallurgy Processing of Metals and Alloys

edited by

Enrique Rocha-Rangel

and

Ivanovich Estrada-Guel

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open

Keywords: powder metallurgy; sintering; additive manufacturing; functionally graded materials; computational for metals design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Powder Metallurgy)

Advances in Corrosion and Protection of Materials (Fourth Edition)

edited by

Renato Altobelli Antunes

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-principle alloys; biomedical alloys; scanning probe techniques; protective coatings; corrosion mechanisms; surface chemistry; additive manufacturing; mechanically assisted corrosion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Corrosion and Protection)

Computational Fluid Dynamics for Sustainable Steelmaking

edited by Thi Bang Tuyen Nguyen,

Xuefeng Dong

Lifeng Zhang

and

Chengbin Shi

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open

Keywords: computational fluid dynamics; electric furnace; steelmaking; melting; multiphase flow; heat and mass transfer; reaction kinetics; energy efficiency; metal-slag interaction; slag valorisation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computation and Simulation on Metals)

Processing, Microstructure, and Performance of Shape Memory Alloys

edited by Cong Liu and

Jianhao Chen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 91 | Submission Open

Keywords: shape memory alloys; martensitic transformation; superelasticity; elastocaloric effect; magnetocaloric effect; shape memory effect; microstructure; processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metallic Functional Materials)

Metal Recovery Process and Adsorption Mechanism

edited by Yang Hu, Ziyong Chang and Xuetong Yang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 91 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal recovery; adsorption mechanism; adsorbent material; separation process; resource recycling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Extractive Metallurgy)

Advanced High-Temperature Lightweight Alloys

edited by Qian Sun

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open

Keywords: lightweight alloys; composition design; preparation processes; manufacturing processes; microstructure characterization; mechanical properties (at high temperature)

Metallic Materials and Interfaces for High-Performance Batteries

edited by

Ziqing Wang

and Kenta Kawashima

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 18 | Submission Open

Keywords: lithium metal batteries; zinc metal batteries; sodium metal batteries; lithium–sulfur batteries; solid-state batteries; calcium metal batteries; solid electrolyte interphase; nucleation; metal deposition; advanced characterization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metallic Functional Materials)

Application of Machine Learning in Metallic Materials

edited by

Miha Kovačič

and

Uroš Župerl

submission deadline 10 Apr 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5398 | Submission Open

Keywords: metallic materials; machine learning; modeling; prediction; optimization; practical implementation; industrial study

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computation and Simulation on Metals)

Fracture Mechanics of Metallic Materials—the State of the Art

edited by Xiaofei Cao and Chunwang He

submission deadline 10 Apr 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3568 | Submission Open

Keywords: fracture mechanics; fracture mechanism; life prediction; failure analysis; deformation behavior; materials and structures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Failure Analysis)

Advances in Lightweight Metallic Materials: Processes, Structures, and Manufacturing

edited by

Jian Yang

, Bo Liu, Dengfeng Wang and

Dongwei Shu

submission deadline 10 Apr 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3211 | Submission Open

Keywords: material strengthening and lightweight design; multi-scale integrated design method; multi-material joining technology; integrated manufacturing of key components; multi-material composite integrated manufacturing; battery-body integrated design; intelligent design and optimization based on AI; flying car

Advanced Laser Welding Technology of Alloys

edited by

Yanxi Zhang

submission deadline 10 Apr 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3050 | Submission Open

Keywords: laser welding; alloy materials; welding process

(This special issue belongs to the Section Welding and Joining)

Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: “Welding and Joining” (2nd Edition)

edited by

Guido Di Bella

and

António Pereira

submission deadline 10 Apr 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2873 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced welding techniques; welding; structural bonding; mechanical joining; fracture mechanisms; finite element modeling; resistance in aggressive environments

(This special issue belongs to the Section Welding and Joining)

Properties, Microstructure and Forming of Intermetallics—2nd Edition

edited by

Shoujiang Qu

Hao Wang

and Menghao Yang

submission deadline 10 Apr 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1667 | Submission Open

Keywords: intermetallics; microstructure; forming; deformation; mechanical property; corrosion; oxidation; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)

Mechanical Properties of Ni-Based Superalloys

edited by

Yongquan Ning

submission deadline 10 Apr 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1062 | Submission Open

Keywords: Ni-based superalloys; forging, rolling, casting, and welding; 3D printing and other processing innovations; microstructural evolution and characterization; plastic flow behavior and deformation mechanisms; strain rate and temperature sensitivity; dynamic recrystallization mechanisms; boundary in situ characterization; previous particle boundaries; grain size and refinement; secondary precipitates; texture orientation; dislocation motion; fatigue and fracture

Novel Efficient Utilization of Metal Waste and Low-Grade Ores

edited by

Kun Wang

submission deadline 11 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 36 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal waste utilization; low-grade ore processing; hydrometallurgy; pyrometallurgy; circular economy; resource recovery; sustainable metallurgy; green extraction technology; valuable metal recovery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Extractive Metallurgy)

Numerical and Experimental Advances in Metal Processing, 2nd Edition

edited by

Abílio M. P. De Jesus

Abel Dias dos Santos

and

Rui L. Amaral

submission deadline 15 Apr 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1901 | Submission Open

Keywords: manufacturing; metals; manufacturing processes; fatigue; fracture; product design; finite element analysis; structural integrity; surface integrity; residual stresses

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)

Advances in Welding of Metallic Materials

edited by

Pasquale Russo Spena

submission deadline 15 Apr 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1216 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced welding processes; microstructure–property relationships; dissimilar and multi-material joining; welding of advanced metal alloys; welding metallurgy; numerical simulation; non-destructive evaluation (NDE); post-weld heat treatment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Welding and Joining)

Recent Advances in Additive Manufacturing and Fatigue Properties of Titanium Alloys

edited by

Ruipeng Guo

submission deadline 20 Apr 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2977 | Submission Open

Keywords: titanium alloys; additive manufacturing; fatigue; fracture; deformation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing)

Metal-Based Additive Manufacturing: Processes, Characterization and Applications

edited by

Manuel F. Vieira

José M. Costa

and

Elsa W. Sequeiros

submission deadline 20 Apr 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1711 | Submission Open

Keywords: additive manufacturing; design for additive manufacturing; laser powder bed fusion; directed energy deposition; binder jetting; metal fused filament fabrication; process–structure–property relationships; materials characterization; high-entropy alloys; complex concentrated alloys; high entropy alloys

Recovery of Metals from Mineral Wastes

edited by Eduardo de Albuquerque Brocchi and Rogério C.S. Navarro

submission deadline 20 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 457 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrometallurgy; pyrometallurgy; mineral waste; thermodynamic modelling; kinetic modelling; transport phenomena

(This special issue belongs to the Section Extractive Metallurgy)

Design and Processing of Modern Metallic Materials

edited by

Robert Bidulský

submission deadline 20 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 163 | Submission Open

Keywords: powder metallurgy; additive manufacturing; welding and joining; microstructure evolution; process–structure–property relationships; defect formation and control; porosity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)

Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Metallic Materials Under Heat Treatment—2nd Edition

edited by

Roumen Petrov

submission deadline 20 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 114 | Submission Open

Keywords: heat treatment; thermo-chemical treatment non-conventional heat treatment; ultra-fast heating; ultra-short annealing; thermal cycling; steel; advanced high-strength steels; electrical steels; non-ferrous alloys; microstructure; texture; properties

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)

Processing, Properties, Applications and Recycling of Light Alloys

edited by

Guangzong Zhang

, Siqi Yin and

Maria Cecilia Poletti

submission deadline 25 Apr 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2579 | Submission Open

Keywords: aluminum and magnesm alloys; processing; properties; applications; recycling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)

Advances in Forming and Heat Treatments of Metallic Materials

edited by Rita Munoz-Arroyo and H. M. Hernández-García

submission deadline 25 Apr 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 767 | Submission Open

Keywords: microstructure; mechanical properties; phases; ductility; formability; hardening; aging; annealing; ferrous alloys; non-ferrous alloys

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)

Physical AI in Metal Forming

edited by

Wei Liu

submission deadline 25 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal forming; physical AI; intelligent manufacturing; artificial intelligence; physics-informed machine learning; numerical simulation; machine vision; industrial robotics; automatic; flexible forming

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)

Electrical Steels

edited by Li Xiang and Haitao Liu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4471 | Submission Open

Keywords: grain-oriented electrical steel; non-oriented electrical steel; specialized electrical steel; magnetic properties; processing; equipment

Applications of Computational Methods in Metallic Materials Manufacturing Processes

edited by

Uroš Župerl

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1129 | Submission Open

Keywords: metallic materials; manufacturing; metallurgy; machining; modeling; optimization and control; computational methods; cost reduction; quality of products; industrial case studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computation and Simulation on Metals)

Recent Advances in Analysis of Metal Rolling Processes

edited by

Zhenhua Wang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1016 | Submission Open

Keywords: analysis of metal rolling processes; plastic deformation; microstructural evolution; numerical simulation; intelligent optimization; machine learning; process parameters; product quality control; multi-disciplinary integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computation and Simulation on Metals)

Advances in Welding and Joining Processes for Metallic Materials

edited by Bin Xu and

Pengjing Zhao

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 698 | Submission Open

Keywords: welding and joining processes; fusion and solid-state joining; process physics; microstructural evolution; extreme-environment welding; multiphysics modeling; defect formation and control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Welding and Joining)

Innovations and Insights in Sheet Metal Forming

edited by

Hui Zhu

and

Hui-Juan Ma

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 545 | Submission Open

Keywords: sheet metal forming; lightweight alloys; process innovation; process control; intelligent manufacturing; sustainability

Advances in Continuous Casting and Refining of Steel (2nd Edition)

edited by Heng Cui and

Zhendong Wang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open

Keywords: secondary refining; continuous casting; solidification; non-metallic inclusion; flow field; slag; refractory materials; machine learning; clean steel; numerical modeling; physical modeling; casting defects

(This special issue belongs to the Section Extractive Metallurgy)

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