Mechanical Properties, Fatigue and Fracture of Metallic Materials

Metals and metallic alloys are the most widely used materials for mechanical components. It is widely accepted that fatigue is the most common failure mode of structural components. Losses due to fatigue failures annually are over several millions to billions of dollars. Apart from these economic losses, fatigue failures are also responsible for causing major safety concerns due to the rapid and often undetectable nature of the final components’ fracture.

This Special Issue will bring together papers focusing on various aspects of the mechanical properties, fatigue and fracture of metals and metallic alloys to facilitate the dissemination of recent advances in the field. We welcome papers relating to all aspects of the mechanical properties, fatigue and fracture behavior of metals and alloys, including, but not limited to, the following topics: novel experimental testing and numerical methods to characterize fatigue crack formation and multistage growth; mechanisms and growth of fatigue cracks from defects; new multiaxial fatigue life prediction methodologies; new methods for notch root analysis; size and gradient effects; prediction of scatter in fatigue behavior of materials due to variability in material microstructure and service conditions; mechanisms of micro- and macrofractures in advanced materials; designs that minimize fatigue damage and failure; multiscale constitutive modeling to simulate fatigue and fracture evolution; high-temperature deformation; techniques to characterize and predict creep fatigue–oxidation interactions; and other topics relating to the failure behavior of metals and alloys.

We also welcome papers with a focus on microstructure-sensitive fatigue design, which represents a rapidly evolving area in computational solid mechanics, and is central to addressing the influence of microstructures and defects on fatigue life and future needs for more predictive fatigue design of mechanical components for various applications.

Dr. Gbadebo Owolabi
Guest Editor

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• mechanical properties
• deformation
• fatigue
• fracture
• metals
• metallic alloys