Assessment of the Strength of Materials and Structure Elements
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Mechanics of Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2025 | Viewed by 26
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fracture mechanics; strength and fracture toughness of materials; true stress–strain relationships; FEM analysis; in-service degradation of materials
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: fracture mechanics; FEM analysis; true relationship stress–strain; constitutive equations; fracture toughness
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In this Special Issue, we intend to include a number of articles presenting methods for assessing the material condition of structural components made of steel, including after long-term service. This issue is important because structural components exhibit pronounced microstructural anisotropy, resulting in variations in mechanical properties, which, in turn, affect the strength and integrity of structural components. Long-term operation at elevated temperatures and/or exposure to corrosive or hydrogen-forming environments leads to material degradation, reduced strength properties and fracture toughness, which can result in failure. Currently, various methods based on experimental studies of material characterization, microstructural determination, acoustic emission, numerical modelling and other techniques are used to assess material condition.
In our Special Issue, we invite authors to publish their original research and analysis results on the assessment of current material conditions and the residual resurgence of structural elements estimated from experimental and numerical studies.
Prof. Dr. Ihor Dzioba
Dr. Sebastian Lipiec
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- in-service degradation
- microstructure
- strength
- fracture toughness
- FEA simulations
