Recent Insights into Mechanical Properties of Metallic Alloys
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Structural Integrity of Metals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2025 | Viewed by 1405
Special Issue Editor
Interests: failure analysis; metallurgy; intermetallics; materials; mechanical behaviour; additive manufacturing
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Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue on ‘Recent Insights into the Mechanical Properties of Metallic Alloys’ will publish critical studies conducted by scientists working in the field of metallurgy and materials science all over the world.
A focus of materials scientists has often been the study of the mechanical properties of metallic alloys, due to their critical role in a wide variety of technological applications. Recent developments in analytical techniques and mathematical modelling allowed researchers to obtain deeper insights into the primary mechanisms that determine these properties. This has led to significant progress in the development and optimization of alloys.
In particular, these tools have promoted the design of new alloys with tailored properties, such as high-entropy alloys and shape-memory alloys.
Recent studies have also focused on the impact of additive manufacturing techniques, such as selective laser melting and electron beam melting, on the mechanical performances of several alloys. In fact, additive manufacturing allows researchers to realize complex geometries and tailored microstructures: this produces unique mechanical properties that are not achievable through conventional manufacturing techniques.
Metal–metal functionally graded materials also offer significant challenges in the industrial field as they may guarantee customised gradients in microstructures and properties, and open up new opportunities for innovation.
In the final analysis, novel insights into the mechanical properties of metallic alloys, supported by advances in experimental techniques and computational methods, are changing our knowledge in materials science. These developments aim at enhancing the performance of alloys in existing applications as well as finding new applications in emerging and promising technological fields.
This Special Issue welcomes contributions that include original research manuscripts, reviews, and case studies. We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Daniela Pilone
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- alloys
- mechanical properties
- additive manufacturing
- shape-memory alloys
- high-entropy alloys
- intermetallic alloys
- functionally graded materials
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