Fatigue, Fracture and Damage of Steels—2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

The structural integrity of steels against the phenomena of fatigue, fracture and damage is a problem of major technological concern in engineering due to the limited acceptable damage tolerance of metallic structures in civil, mechanical, naval, aeronautical and aerospace engineering, and the possibility of structural integrity loss when any kind of fatigue, fracture or damage develops in a material. The particular case of steel represents a topic of special importance due to the magnitude of steel production that makes it the main structural material used worldwide.

This Special Issue, “Fatigue, Fracture and Damage of Steels”, is dedicated to the latest scientific achievements in the field. Both review and original articles are welcome, together with technical notes. This Special Issue welcomes contributions of any kind in the fields of fatigue, fracture, damage, corrosion, stress corrosion, corrosion fatigue or hydrogen embrittlement of steels. All approaches will be encouraged, including theoretical, numerical and experimental ones. Different geometrical defects will be considered, such as cracks, notches, pits, scratches, crevices, etc. Any phase of the phenomena of fatigue, fracture or damage can be analyzed, i.e., from the early to the final stages, or any kind of loading (static, dynamic, cyclic, etc.), as well as any environment including aggressive or corrosive media.

It is our pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue.

Dr. Francisco-Javier Ayaso
Dr. Beatriz González
Prof. Dr. Jesús Toribio
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Metals is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• fatigue
• fracture
• damage
• structural integrity
• damage tolerance
• stress corrosion cracking
• hydrogen embrittlement
• cracks
• notches

• Fatigue, Fracture and Damage of Steels in Metals (8 articles)