OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Engineering Fracture Mechanics is 45. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Stiffness/constraint effects in analytical flaw assessment. A technical note	131
Crowbar Loading-A New Test Technique to Characterize Interfacial Delamination	128
A comparative study of nil-SIF-based and initial fracture toughness-based criteria for prediction of mode-I crack propagation in concrete at low temperatures	125
Meso-fracture model of ultra-high-performance fiber-reinforced geopolymer concrete pertinent to aggregate gradation and fiber spacing	116
Determination of the plastic J integral of ductile material using the XFEM with only Heaviside function and variable-node elements	108
Local creep damage effects on subsequent low temperature fatigue crack growth behaviour of thick-walled pressure vessels	107
Singularity analysis of linear hardening V-notch by asymptotic expansion coupled BEM	104
Use of modified Madou–Leblond model to predict crack initiation in low alloy steel specimens with different stress states	98
Development and verification of interfacial fracture energy simulation methodology for porous stacked thin films	93
Full-time domain rust expansion investigation and visual evaluation of reinforced concrete under synergistic protection	80
Elastic field for a blunt crack represented by a parabolic cavity in a generally anisotropic elastic material	77
A validated approach for probabilistic structural integrity design code implementation	77
Accurate measurement of mechanical properties of soft materials by introducing transition layers into test samples	74
Multiple edge cracks in a coated semi-infinite medium due to non-Fourier thermal shock	73
Modified Williams’ crack tip solution including crack face pressure	73
A physics-enhanced deep learning approach for prediction of stress intensity factors in bimaterial interface cracks	71
A dual-horizon peridynamic model for Reissner–Mindlin plates with arbitrary horizon sizes and shapes	66
An experimental and numerical study on the translaminar fracture of cross-ply non-crimp fabric composites	63
Effect of complex stress states on creep rupture life of nickel-based superalloys: Mechanisms and modeling	62
Stress intensity factors and T-stresses by boundary integral equations: 3D statics	62
Fracture behavior of shale containing two parallel veins under semi-circular bend test using a phase‐field method	60
Quantifying 3D crack propagation in nodular graphite cast iron using advanced digital volume correlation and X-ray computed tomography	59
Fracturing characteristics of unconfined rock plate subjected to point-plate loading	58
Improvement of low-cycle fatigue properties in electron beam powder bed fusion processed Ti-6Al-4V alloy by laser shock peening	57
OFDR distributed fiber optic blasting fracture monitoring considering fiber interfacial slip	57

Experimentally validated macro-mesoscopic simulation study on the fatigue short crack initiation and propagation in polycrystalline structure utilizing CP-XFEM	57
An innovative and sustainable methodology for fatigue characterization and design	55
Stress, Strain, or Energy? which one is superior predictor of fatigue life in notched Components? a novel Machine Learning-Based framework	54
Correlation of load drop and crack initiation criteria in fatigue life experiments of metallic materials	53
Ductile fracture prediction of HPDC aluminum alloy based on a shear-modified GTN damage model	52
LCF behavior of 2024AA under uni- and biaxial loading taking into account creep pre-deformation	52
An enhanced lattice beam element model for the numerical simulation of rate-dependent self-healing in cementitious materials	51
An extended average strain energy density criterion for predicting crack propagation of mixed mode I-II fracture in concrete	50
Analysis of mechanical properties and behaviors in HTS Roebel cable strand under tensile load	50
An investigation into the influence of variable amplitude creep-fatigue loading on plasticity-induced crack closure	49
Effect of loading waveform on the blasting crack propagation mechanism in single-hole and dual-hole blasting	48
Controllable peeling of an elastic strip on a viscoelastic substrate	48
Fracture mechanical properties and interfacial characteristics of engineered cementitious composites containing coarse aggregate	48
Capturing fracture initiation and crack propagation of car windshields	46
Propagation regimes, transition times, and approximate universality in 2D hydraulic fracture propagation with fluid lag	46
Large deformation and crack propagation analyses of hydrogel by peridynamics	46
Fatigue integrity analysis of a howitzer cannon by using a fracture mechanics approach	46
Effect of crack interaction and friction on the dynamic strength of rock-like materials with many cracks	46
Phase-field fracture modelling of piezoelectric quasicrystals	45
Near-threshold fatigue crack propagation in a Ni-based single crystal superalloy affected by crystallographic anisotropy	45
Finite element analyses of rail head cracks: Predicting direction and rate of rolling contact fatigue crack growth	45