Prediction of Phase Stability and Mechanical Properties of Novel Alloys
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 October 2021) | Viewed by 7081
Special Issue Editors
Interests: simulation and modelling; steels; high entropy alloys; atomistic simulations; microstructural evolution; fatigue
Center of Digital Science and Technology, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw, ul. Wóycickiego 1/3 Building 21, 01-938 Warsaw, Poland
Interests: atomistic simulations; density functional theory; Monte Carlo simulations; phase stability; mechanical properties; irradiation properties; multi-component alloys; high entropy alloys
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The development of new materials has triggered and often revolutionized technological progress. Some of the human ages are named after the discovery of new materials, such as the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, since these metals allowed significant development of humanity in many ways. At the present time, the amount and types of materials used are vast, and modern applications in energy, aeronautics, automotive, space, chemical, machinery, electrical, scientific equipment, construction, packaging, computing, and health are hardly conceivable without the use of materials with properties that suit their purposes.
Metals and alloys have been indispensable for this technological progress, and some of the new social challenges that need to be addressed demand the discovery of new alloys with improved properties. This is the case for extreme environment applications, such as aero-engines, rockets, light transport, nuclear reactors, and energy generators, to name a few. Furthermore, additive manufacturing, a novel processing technique with outstanding design freedom and flexibility, requires new material compositions. The current commercially available alloys, optimized for cast and wrought processes, are incompatible with the new design capabilities of this new manufacturing technology.
With the advent of powerful computational techniques and novel methodologies, the design of new alloys no longer follows the traditional trial and error procedure. Instead, atomistic simulations are linked to microstructural evolutionary approaches and predictive methods for mechanical performance, which all are techniques empowered by the use of data-driven and machine learning methods.
This Special Issue of Metals on “Prediction of Phase Stability and Mechanical Properties of Novel Alloys” responds to the above-mentioned requirements for new materials. The areas of interest will cover the development of new and unexplored alloys with the use of predictive approaches for the purpose of explaining and predicting their microstructural and/or mechanical properties.
Dr. Isaac Toda-Caraballo
Dr. Jan Wróbel
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- new alloys
- phase stability
- mechanical properties
- alloy design
- simulation and modelling
- multi-scale modelling
