Novel Insights into Fatigue and Fracture Behavior of Metallic Materials

Dear Colleagues,

The fatigue and fracture mechanics of metals includes a vast area of knowledge about the mechanical behavior of materials, a topic of vital importance in the safe design of machine elements and in the proper selection of materials. Despite the intense research efforts invested over the years into this area of knowledge, the recent demands of the market and the issues related to environmental problems, pose new challenges that need to be addressed.

Recently developed new materials and technologies (e.g., additive manufacturing) being applied in structural components across many industries, like aerospace, automobile, goods, and medical devices, in order to obtain safe components and row materials savings. In many of these applications, safe design requires thorough knowledge of the fatigue and fracture response characteristics of a mterial.

This Special Issue aims at providing a wide set of articles on various aspects of fatigue and fracture mechanics of metals. It is intended that this open access Issue will provide a place to get comprehensive information about the current state-of-the art for fatigue and fracture behavior of new materials and manufacturing processes. Articles on experimental and modelling aspects of fatigue and fracture related to the following topics are particularly welcome: 

• additively manufactured metals;
• novel joining techniques of mechanical parts (e.g., adhesive bonding, laser and friction stir welding);
• surface modification technological processes (e.g., shot peening).

Prof. Dr. Luis Filipe Borrego
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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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.

• fatigue
• fracture
• metals and alloys
• fracture mechanics
• fatigue crack propagation
• structural integrity
• additive manufacturing
• variable amplitude loading
• life prediction
• fatigue life enhancement