**Preface to "Modelling the Deformation, Recrystallization and Microstructure-Related Properties in Metals"**

Experimental investigations of the thermomechanical processing (TMP) of metals clearly demonstrate that technological process tuning parameters have a grea<sup>t</sup> influence on both the microstructure and texture evolution, which determine the chemical, physical, or mechanical properties. During the processing chain, the behavior of polycrystalline material is correlated with the grain size, grain crystal structure, and crystallographic orientation. The mesoscopic transformations of polycrystalline aggregates, involving microstructural and crystallographic changes on the grain level, can be interpreted by a vast body of modelling approaches developed. Advances in modelling have created a solid platform for understanding the evolution of microstructural features in polycrystalline systems during particular processing steps and bring to light many hidden aspects of production as well as assist in revealing the behavior of materials under specific circumstances. Since mesoscopic changes in TMP are "genetically" connected, the modelling techniques enable tuning particular processing step to tailor the desired material performance for a given application.

In this Special Issue, we intend to provide a wide spectrum of articles dealing with the modelling of microstructural changes in various metallic systems. The major aim was to discuss different features of microstructure evolution such as morphological changes, crystallographic aspects, phase transformation as well as structure-property relationships in polycrystalline aggregates.

> **Jurij J. Sidor** *Editor*
