Mechanical Properties of Alloys, 3D Printing Metals, Welding Joints by Small Specimen Technology
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Metals and Alloys".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 April 2024) | Viewed by 1271
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Small specimen technologies, such as the small punch test, indentation test, and in situ SEM/EBSD test, are greatly advantageous in the understanding of mechanical properties when the size of the testing materials is limited; this is especially the case for rare metals, damaged metals, 3D printing metals and welding joints. Small specimen technologies have been developed to understand various mechanical properties, including the tensile strength, creep, fatigue, fracture parameters, hydrogen embrittlement and stress corrosion crack. The development of small specimen technology provides us not only with a novel testing technique, but also with a multi-scale testing method.
However, there remain some gaps in the knowledge regarding small specimen technologies, such as the effect of the material’s scale on its mechanical properties, the theoretical correlation formula between the small specimen and the standard specimen, the application of small specimen technologies on fatigue crack propagation, and fracture analyses, etc.
This Special Issue aims to present the latest developments in small specimen technology, and is particularly interested in articles presenting studies on the mechanical properties of alloys, 3D printing metals and welding joints. This Special Issue will address the development of novel small specimen technology, the theoretical study of small specimen technology, the application of small specimen technology on different materials and various mechanical properties, and welcomes the submission of experimental and simulation studies and reviews.
Prof. Dr. Jian Peng
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- small punch test
- indentation test
- bulge test
- in situ SEM/EBSD test
- tensile property
- creep property
- fatigue property
- fracture mechanism
- 3D printing metals
- welding joints
