Fracture Mechanics and Failure Analysis of Metallic Materials
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Metal Failure Analysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 February 2025 | Viewed by 215
Special Issue Editors
Interests: welding; fracture mechanics; numerical simulations; fatigue; structural integrity
Interests: welded joints; structural integrity assessment; fracture mechanics; finite element analysis; engineering materials
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is our pleasure to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue of Metals, titled “Fracture Mechanics and Failure Analysis of Metallic Materials”. As the title suggests, this Special Issue primarily deals with the application of fracture mechanics in investigating various failure mechanisms of metals. Additionally, other approaches to failure analysis, including experimental and numerical, are covered by this Special Issue.
This Special Issue will cover a wide range of topics, including failure mechanisms such as fatigue, corrosion, and wear; the fracture behaviour of metallic materials used in numerous industrial applications (mechanical, civil, chemical, aerospace, biomedical engineering, etc.); and, of course, the use of fracture mechanics parameters and tools in both theoretical and practical terms.
Submitted contributions should focus on material characterisation and methods of analysing the causes and risks of failure, for the purpose of improving the existing design solutions, as well as developing new ones, for various components and/or equipment.
Dr. Simon A. Sedmak
Prof. Dr. Aleksandar S. Sedmak
Guest Editors
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.
Keywords
- fracture mechanics
- failure analysis
- welding
- risk analysis
- finite element method
- fatigue
- corrosion
- fracture behaviour
- material characterisation
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