Mechanical Properties of Deformed Alloys and Compounds
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 July 2021) | Viewed by 11836
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plastic deformation is an effective technique for producing bulk metals with tailored properties. Recently, severe plastic deformation (SPD) techniques have attracted much attention due to their ability to fabricate ultrafine or nanostructured materials. Manufacturing this kind of materials is an important advance in materials research due to their outstanding strength and their usually limited uniform elongation compared to coarse-grained counterparts, as indicated by the well-known Hall–Petch relationship. In this sense, improving the mechanical properties of structural metals has been extensively reported. It is commonly accepted that pre-deformation greatly affects the deformation behaviors of metals. However, one significant drawback of the achieved structures is their limited thermal stability as a consequence of their highly unstable substructural features.
In this Special Issue, an open access forum is provided for contributing to the investigation of different aspects of alloy steels. Researchers may share their findings on the latest ongoing research and development activities, on the current state-of-the-art, and also on prior history. Both research papers and reviews are highly welcome.
The Special Issue will include (but not be limited to) the following topics: correlation between mechanical properties and microstructure of highly deformed alloys and compounds; microstructures and their development, including phase equilibrium and transformations; thermomechanical stability; mechanical performance, with strength, toughness, impact, and fatigue behavior; and formability, covering rolling, stamping, welding, among others.
Dr. Joan Josep Roa Rovira
Dr. Sebastian Suarez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Metallic alloys
- Deformed alloys
- Plastic deformation mechanisms
- Mechanical properties
- Phase transformation
- Strength
- Heat treatments
- Microstructure
- Hall–Petch
- Indentation size effect
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