Multiscale Fracture Characterization of Steel Alloys: Enhancing Safety and Reliability
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Metals and Alloys".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 386
Special Issue Editors
2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr Roberto Frias, Porto, Portugal
Interests: mechanical engineering; numerical modelling; hydrogen embrittlement; fracture mechanics; fatigue; damage mechanics
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Interests: computational mechanics; experimental techniques; fracture mechanics; damage; fatigue; FEM; aeronautics; railway infrastructure; transportation engineering
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Multiscale fracture characterization of steel alloys is a comprehensive approach aimed at gaining a profound understanding of how fractures occur in steel alloys at various levels of detail. It serves two significant purposes: The first of these is academic and relates to comprehending fracture mechanisms at small scales and documenting the phenomenological aspects. The other is industrial and concerns the reliability and safety of steel components such as pipelines, as well as the green energy transition, with topics of hydrogen, aerospace, automotive, construction, and marine applications.
Macroscopic Analysis: It is imperative to scrutinize the overall behavior of steel components under various loading conditions. Techniques such as fracture surface analysis and mechanical testing should be employed to investigate fractures on a larger scale.
Microscopic Analysis: Transitioning to a smaller scale, it becomes essential to analyze the microstructure. This entails studying grain boundaries, inclusions and defects within the material.
Nanoscopic Analysis: Researchers delve even deeper into the atomic and molecular structure. Techniques like transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and atom probe tomography (APT) enable scientists to examine crystallographic properties, dislocations and interfaces within the material.
We invite you to submit your novel contributions to this Special Issue from experiments to numerical modeling.
Dr. Behzad Vasheghani Farahani
Dr. Francisco J. M. Q. de Melo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- steel alloys
- pipeline
- hydrogen
- fracture characterization
- finite element method
- constitutive damage model
- corrosion
- crack propagation
- experimental techniques
- mechanical testing
