Failure and Degradation of Metals
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Metal Failure Analysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 March 2024) | Viewed by 12752
Special Issue Editor
Interests: steelmaking; metallurgy; processing; non-metallic inclusions; steel microstructure; alloys
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Metal degradation and ultimately failure has a significant impact on our society, from economic damage to physical injury. Metal components fail for a wide range or reasons. Ranging from bad component design, production process or maintenance, or they might not be intended to serve a specific purpose. Metal failure can occur unexpectedly and is often difficult to anticipate. It is important to identify the conditions and phenomenon that can lead to failure to avoid it in the future. Determining the root cause and mechanisms of metal failures is therefore of great importance. The metal failure includes: overload due to mechanical stresses, fatigue, corrosion, creep, wear, internal defects, production defects, thermal stresses, overheating, phase transformations, and hydrogen embrittlement, among others These failures can mean a simple end of life for a component and its replacement, or it can mean a catastrophic failure. The Special Issue focuses on the degradation mechanisms that cause metal failure, as well as case studies of failure.
Dr. Jaka Burja
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- failure
- corrosion
- fatigue
- fracture
- wear
- life time
- defects
- oxidation
- production process
- failure analysis
- brittle fracture
- high cycle fatigue
- low cycle fatigue