Advances in Tribological Performance and Wear Mechanism of Metallic Materials
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 496
Special Issue Editors
Interests: tribological performance; wear mechanism; titanium alloys
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Interests: high-entropy alloy; composites; micro/nano forming; functional surfaces; dynamic deformation mechanisms
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of Metal is dedicated to the advancement of both fundamental understanding and applied knowledge concerning wear phenomena in metallic systems. We aim to bring together cutting-edge research that elucidates wear mechanisms and offers transformative engineering solutions. Submissions must present original work with clear novelty and scientific significance; incremental studies or marginal variations in previously reported work will not be considered.
Manuscripts must provide rigorous experimental or theoretical insights, and for experimental work, authors are expected to demonstrate the reproducibility of their findings through repeated trials under consistent testing conditions.
Topics of interest include the following:
- Wear Modeling and Validation: Mechanistic models, tribosystem simulations, and machine learning approaches with experimental validation.
- New Testing Methods and Standards: Novel wear tests, including critiques of current methodologies.
- Wear Diagnostics: In situ and real-time sensing or imaging of tribological interfaces.
- Wear-Resistant Materials and Coatings: Development and benchmarking of new materials or surface treatments, with validated wear mechanisms.
- Composition–Structure–Wear Relationships: Studies linking material properties and processing to wear behavior.
- Role of Lubricants and Interfacial Species: Mechanistic insights into wear under well-defined interfacial conditions.
This Special Issue seeks to push the frontiers of tribological science and encourage the development of next-generation materials and methodologies that can significantly extend the life and performance of metallic components in demanding applications.
Dr. Asit Kumar Gain
Dr. Zhen Li
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Metals is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- metals and MMCs
- lubricated wear
- wear testing and monitoring
- biotribology
- fretting wear
- extreme environment wear including high and low temperatures and vacuum
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