Phase Transformation and Softening Mechanisms of Metals and Alloys during Thermomechanical Processing
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: 1 July 2025 | Viewed by 5217
Special Issue Editors
Interests: dynamic transformation; phase transformation; development of new alloys; thermomechanical process;mechanical properties and deformation behavior of materials; physical metallurgy
Interests: thermomechanical processing; development of novel alloys; mechanical properties and deformation behavior of materials; phase transformation in metal alloys; static and dynamic materials testing; high-strain rate deformation; static and dynamic recrystallization; materials characterization; texture and anisotropy of materials; thermodynamics of materials; additive manufacturing of metallic materials
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Dear Colleagues,
Dynamic and/or static softening is known to occur during the thermomechanical processing of metals and alloys. Some of these phenomena include recovery, recrystallization and phase transformation, which have been of great interest to academia and industry for decades. It is well known that understanding and controlling the softening behavior during the manufacturing of metals and alloys will lead to optimization of the final product mechanical properties. Additionally, these softening mechanisms can be modelled to guarantee improved properties for specific applications and the development of new materials. Regardless of significant research and progress in this field, the limit of our ability to improve material properties and the variety of different applications is far from being reached.
This Special Issue of Metals invites experts to submit papers related to experimental research, simulation and modelling of the various softening mechanisms. All steel families, alloys of titanium, magnesium, aluminum, nickel-based, high-entropy and additive-manufactured alloys are the primary target materials, although other alloy systems will also be considered.
Prof. Dr. Samuel F. Rodrigues
Dr Clodualdo Aranas
Dr. Fulvio Siciliano
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- phase transformation
- thermomechanical processing
- static and dynamic recovery
- static and dynamic recrystallization
- materials characterization
- physical metallurgy
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