Structure, Properties and Applications of Metal Matrix Composites (Second Edition)
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Metal Matrix Composites".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2024) | Viewed by 113
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mathematical modeling of MMC structure formation; high-porosity metallic materials
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Interests: tribology; high-porosity metallic materials; metal matrix composites
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Metal matrix composites (MMCs) have become the focus of intensive scientific investigation and applied research due to their application as structural and functional materials in advanced technological fields, such as automotive and aerospace engineering and other light and heavy industries. Their most important asset is the combination of mechanical and structural properties of a metal-based matrix with those of its reinforcing phase, which results in tailoring material properties to fulfill the requirements of numerous applications. For the last two decades, researchers have adopted solid-state, semi-solid-state, liquid-state, and vapor deposition methods as routes for the fabrication of MMCs. The most important and widely studied MMC systems are aluminum-based matrices reinforced with particulates, continuous and discontinuous fibers, and whiskers; copper-based matrices reinforced with wires, particulates, and continuous fibers; titanium-based matrices reinforced with particulates and continuous fibers; magnesium-based matrices reinforced with particulates, whiskers, and continuous fibers; and superalloy-based matrices reinforced with wires. Current advances in the development of metal matrix nanocomposites and the emergence of new alloys provide new perspectives for advanced research and new applications of MMCs.
This Special Issue aims to provide a worldwide platform for publishing theoretical and experimental articles, reviews, and short communications related to the development, synthesis, modeling, wettability phenomena, applications, and the mechanical and tribological characterization of emerging metal-based composites and nanocomposites.
Prof. Dr. Ludmil Drenchev
Dr. Mihail Kolev
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- metal matrix composites
- metal matrix nanocomposites
- reinforcement
- wettability
- processing
- microstructure and properties
- modeling
