Fatigue Crack Growth in Metallic Materials
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Metals and Alloys".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 July 2022) | Viewed by 45644
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Interests: fatigue crack growth; crack tip parameters; crack tip mechanisms; numerical simulation
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Dear Colleagues,
Design against fatigue is fundamental in components submitted to cyclic loads. The damage tolerance approach assumes the presence of small cracks and the propagation life is used to define inspection intervals. The ability to accurately predict fatigue crack growth rates is therefore fundamental. Despite the significant research developed in the last several decades, further work is needed to understand the fundamental mechanisms and to accurately model fatigue crack growth. The coexistence of ductile and brittle mechanisms, and crack tip shielding are not totally understood. The appearance of new metallic alloys, the development of new technologies such as additive manufacturing introduce challenging complexities. On the other hand, the development of numerical and experimental tools (e.g., digital image correlation) gives opportunity for a better understanding of the phenomenon.
I invite researchers to submit papers focused on the study of fatigue crack growth in metallic materials. The study of fundamental mechanisms (cyclic plastic deformation, coalescence of microvoids, environmental damage, other brittle mechanisms, etc.) is welcome. The link between these mechanisms, crack tip parameters (linear and non-linear), and fatigue crack growth rates are also welcome. Both original and review papers are welcome.
Prof. Fernando Ventura Antunes
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- fatigue crack growth
- fatigue mechanisms
- crack tip parameters
- digital image correlation
- metallic materials
- aluminum alloys
- additive manufacturing
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