Fatigue Properties of Surface Modified Metallic Materials (Volume II)

Dear Colleagues,

The durability of mechanical parts under fatigue loading is highly important due to increasing demand for security as well as economic issues. The improvement of their in-service performance and life is a subject that is currently being widely studied. In general, the fatigue damage of mechanical parts occurs at surface defects, which can increase stress in the material. Therefore, one of the commonly used approaches is to modify the surface state and, consequently, the mechanical properties of the parts. The improvement in fatigue strength could be achieved through a wide range of techniques, from mechanical to physio-chemical processes. It is within this framework that we propose a Special Issue focused on the fatigue properties of surface-modified metallic materials.

This Special Issue aims to collect papers dealing with the fatigue of materials treated/elaborated by processes such as mechanical surface treatments (shot peening, laser peening, etc.), coating (PVD, CVD, electroplating, etc.), and machining. Based on the aforementioned techniques, areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Low cycle, high cycle and very high cycle fatigue properties of surface-modified materials;
• Effects of technological parameters of the surface treatment processes on fatigue properties of materials;
• Effects of metallurgical parameters (residual stresses, gradient microstructure, etc.) induced by surface treatments;
• Changes in cyclic behavior of surface modified materials and their effects on fatigue strength;
• Effects of mechanical external loads (e.g., complex loading) on the fatigue properties of materials;
• Fatigue life prediction based on experiments, mathematical modeling and finite element modeling;
• Design of surface modification (e.g., combination between different techniques) in terms of improving fatigue properties.

Prof. Dr. Delphine Retraint
Dr. Zhidan Sun
Guest Editors

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• metallic materials
• surface modification
• coatings
• residual stresses
• microstructure gradient
• fatigue properties
• modeling and simulation
• fatigue life prediction