Focus Issue: Journal of Materials Research

Interactions of Shear Transformation Bands - Characteristics of Microstructure and Properties
Issue Date: July, 2020
Submission Deadline: December, 2019

Shear parallel to atomic planes is the natural deformation mode in crystals, and it may take place by dislocation glide, twinning transformation, kinking, or phase transformation. Those shear mechanisms associated with shear localization play a crucial role in the mechanical response and plastic deformation of structural materials, such as Hexagonal Close Packed (HCP) metals, Transformation Induced Plasticity (TRIP) steels and Twinning Induced Plasticity (TWIP) steels. When shear transformation bands interact with other defects, and consequently form a new boundary, this affects subsequent plastic deformation and causes hardening and eventual crack initiation. Therefore, a comprehensive multi-scale study of the role of shear transformations and their interactions on the plastic deformation of metallic aggregates is of scientific interest.

This JMR Focus Issue serves to report the current understanding of interactions between shear transformation bands in structural materials. Comprehensive research linking modeling and simulation with experimental studies, at length scales spanning from the atomistic to the continuum, will fully reveal these interactive mechanisms.

Contributing papers are solicited in the following areas:

• Multi-scale modeling of interaction mechanisms
• Interaction mechanisms in twinned structural materials
• Interaction mechanisms in complex structural materials

Guest Editors:

Yue Liu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Shun Xu, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Jian Wang, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA

Manuscript Submission: 

To be considered for this issue, new and previously unpublished results or review articles significant to the development of this field should be presented. The manuscripts must be submitted via the JMR electronic submission system by December 1, 2019. Manuscripts submitted after this deadline will not be considered for the issue due to time constraints on the review process. Please select “Interactions of Shear Transformation Bands: Characteristics of Microstructure and Properties” as the Focus Issue designation. Note our manuscript submission minimum length of 3250 words, excluding figures, captions, and references, with at least 6 and no more than 10 figures and tables combined. Review articles may be longer but must be pre-approved by proposal to the Guest Editors via jmr@mrs.org. The proposal form and author instructions may be found at www.mrs.org/jmr-instructions. All manuscripts will be reviewed in a normal but expedited fashion. Papers submitted by the deadline and subsequently accepted will be published in the Focus Issue. Other manuscripts that are acceptable but cannot be included in the issue will be scheduled for publication in a subsequent issue.

Please direct questions to jmr@mrs.org.