Dear Colleagues,

Metals and alloys have played important roles in enabling modern structural designs in practice. This Special Issue seeks to collect various scientific and/or engineering reports pertaining to research on metals and alloys that present applicable advances of our knowledge of the structures, properties, and performance capabilities of these materials. Affordable processing and fabrication methods as well as characterization and evaluation methods are also crucial topics related to the wider application of metallic materials in both academia and industry. Starting with the microstructural and mechanical properties of metals and alloying, appropriate correlations among the processing, properties, and performance characteristics will lead to a better understanding of the nature of these materials and improve their engineering application capabilities. Various theoretical and experimental approaches to assessing the mechanical behaviors of these materials are a basic concern of many materials researchers. Numerical and computational approaches can also herald new challenges and enrich our insight into new means of the exploitation of new metallic alloying systems. Plastic deformation and subsequent heat treatments cause various microstructural changes and thus alter important mechanical properties. Lightweight metals have also attracted much attention as potential design materials for automobiles, electronics, and sporting equipment, in addition to potentially meeting the demands of better fuel efficiency or CO₂ reductions.

This Special Issue aims to focus on the processing, microstructure, and mechanical properties of metals and alloys within a materials relationship framework including, but not limited to, the following topics:

• Fabrication and processing of metallic materials and alloys for microstructural and mechanical control of properties, such as casting, thermo-mechanical processing, metal forming, bonding and welding;
• Characterizations and evaluations of metallic materials and alloys based on various methodologies, including theoretical and numerical methods and microscopy and mechanical testing;
• Deformation, recrystallization, and grain growth based on microstructures, morphologies, textures, and anisotropy characteristics;
• Lightweight structural metallic materials, such as alloys containing aluminum and magnesium, as well as other metals;
• Special applications of metallic materials, such as high-temperature-resistant materials, corrosion-resistant materials, bio-degradable metals, and advanced high-strength steels.

Dr. Jae-Hyung Cho
Guest Editor

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• microstructure
• texture
• mechanical properties
• fabrication and processing
• characterization and evaluation
• deformation and annealing
• metals and alloys