Fracture Mechanics and Corrosion Fatigue
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Corrosion".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 August 2025 | Viewed by 243
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Interests: structural condition assessment; structural health monitoring; novel sensoring; offshore structures; offshore engineering
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Interests: structural condition assessment and performance upgrade; novel aseismic structural systems; structural vibration control
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Interests: fatigue damage; reliability analysis; fatigue crack growth theory; failure analysis of metal materials; micromechanics of materials; multiscale materials modeling
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Corrosion fatigue is the most frequently encountered failure mode of materials and structures, and it is related to the electrochemical damage and propagation of cracks caused by fatigue loads and corrosive action. The cracking and fracture that result from corrosion fatigue are a matter of concern regarding long-term services for engineering structures. Fracture mechanics and an environment-enhanced fatigue–crack growth model have been proposed in order to understand the complex failure mechanism, approaches to evaluation employed and control measures used. As metal materials and modern fiber-reinforced materials continue to be utilized, fracture mechanics requires development. It is now imperative to study fracture mechanics due to the increased attention paid to the corrosion fatigue of land-based structures, marine structures, aerospace structures, and engineering structures for sustainable energy generation and storage.
The aim of this Special Issue, entitled “Fracture Mechanics and Corrosion Fatigue”, is to present studies on the fracture and corrosion fatigue of structure; its scope includes, but is not limited to, the following:
(1) Fracture mechanics and environment-enhanced fracture model for metal and modern fiber-reinforced materials.
(2) Corrosion fatigue testing and failure analysis of engineering materials and structures.
(3) Multi-scale and multi-physical simulation of fracture and corrosion fatigue process.
(4) Evaluation and improvement of corrosion fatigue performance.
(5) Corrosion fatigue, hydrogen-assisted fatigue, corrosion-fretting fatigue.
Dr. Zhongxiang Liu
Prof. Dr. Tong Guo
Dr. Grzegorz Lesiuk
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fracture mechanics
- corrosion fatigue
- crack propagation
- steel structures
- fiber-reinforced materials
- environmental effect
- multi-scale and multi-physical simulation
