Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Structural Steels and Alloys 2nd Edition
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Metals and Alloys".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 February 2024) | Viewed by 957
Special Issue Editors
Interests: structural steels and alloys; microstructure; grain boundaries; dislocation substructure; deformation and annealing behavior; strength and plasticity
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Interests: structural and functional alloys; deformation microstructures; strain hardening; dispersion strengthening; heat treatment; aging; grain growth and recrystallization
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Structural steels and alloys represent a wide domain of materials whose development directly affects human civilization. The mechanical behavior is the principal property of structural steels and alloys. Thus, the mechanical properties of metallic materials depend significantly on their microstructures, including crystallographic and metallographic textures, phase content and particle distribution, dislocation substructure and internal stresses, etc. Therefore, studies on structure–property relationships are of great practical importance. The development of structural steels and alloys with favorable mechanical properties requires a comprehensive investigation of the regularities of microstructure evolution as a function of chemical composition during material processing/manufacturing and various post-processing treatments. The effect of processing regimes/conditions and methods on the microstructures involved in metals and alloys should be studied in detail to supply materials engineers with a deep fundamental and practical knowledge in order to assist the development of advanced structural materials with enhanced mechanical properties. The aim of this Special Issue, “Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Structural Steels and Alloys”, is to collect the most recent achievements in theoretical and experimental investigations of microstructures and their effect on the mechanical properties of various metallic materials, focusing on advances in the processing and characterization of structural steels and alloys. Papers dealing with experimental investigation, simulation, and analysis of structure–property relationships in structural steels and alloys during exploitation are also welcome.
Dr. Andrey Belyakov
Dr. Anna Bodyakova
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- structural steels and alloys
- thermomechanical treatment
- deformation and annealing behavior
- microstructures
- textures
- phase content
- dislocation substructures
- mechanical properties
- structure–property relationship
- strength and plasticity
