Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics

Article	Citations
Improved ANN technique combined with Jaya algorithm for crack identification in plates using XIGA and experimental analysis	171
Phase field fracture modelling using quasi-Newton methods and a new adaptive step scheme	154
Investigation on the effect of freeze-thaw on fracture mode classification in marble subjected to multi-level cyclic loads	92
Analysis of the effect of surface roughness on fatigue performance of powder bed fusion additive manufactured metals	86
Strength and failure characteristics of jointed rock mass with double circular holes under uniaxial compression: Insights from discrete element method modelling	79
Cracking behavior of rock containing non-persistent joints with various joints inclinations	77
Mechanical and fracture properties of geopolymer concrete with basalt fiber using digital image correlation	75
Comparative measurements of fracture toughgness combined with visual analysis of cracks propagation using the DIC technique of concretes based on cement matrix with a highly diversified composition	69
Effects of cyclic freeze-thaw treatments on the fracture characteristics of sandstone under different fracture modes: Laboratory testing	65
Evaluation of fracture mode classification in flawed red sandstone under uniaxial compression	64
A micropolar peridynamic model with non-uniform horizon for static damage of solids considering different nonlocal enhancements	63
A hybrid PSO and Grey Wolf Optimization algorithm for static and dynamic crack identification	62
Investigation of mechanical and fracture properties of wire and arc additively manufactured low carbon steel components	61
Mechanical properties and crack evolution of double-layer composite rock-like specimens with two parallel fissures under uniaxial compression	59
Influence of basalt fiber on mode I and II fracture properties of asphalt mixture at medium and low temperatures	59
Mechanical behavior and failure analysis of fracture-filled gneissic granite	59
Effects of the lining structure on mechanical and fracturing behaviors of four-arc shaped tunnels in a jointed rock mass under uniaxial compression	56
Fracture behavior of additively manufactured components: A review	53
Defects as a root cause of fatigue weakening of additively manufactured AlSi10Mg components	53
Crack nucleation in brittle and quasi-brittle materials: A peridynamic analysis	52
Low temperature fracture resistance of cement emulsified asphalt mortar under mixed mode I/III loading	51
Effects of pre-existing single crack angle on mechanical behaviors and energy storage characteristics of red sandstone under uniaxial compression	50
Phase field method for quasi-static hydro-fracture in porous media under stress boundary condition considering the effect of initial stress field	50
Effects of bedding planes on fracture behavior of sandstone under semi-circular bending test	49
Applications of phase field fracture in modelling hydrogen assisted failures	49

Experimental and numerical investigation of mortar and ITZ parameters in meso-scale models of concrete	48
Cracking and deformation of cuboidal sandstone with a single nonpenetrating flaw under uniaxial compression	48
Investigation on fracture behaviors and damage evolution modeling of freeze-thawed marble subjected to increasing- amplitude cyclic loads	48
Surface roughness effect of SLM and EBM Ti-6Al-4V on multiaxial high cycle fatigue	48
Analytical stress solution and mechanical properties for rock mass containing a hole with complex shape	48
Fracture studies of 3D-printed continuous glass fiber reinforced composites	46
Effect of wetting–drying cycles on mode I and mode II fracture toughness of sandstone in natural (pH = 7) and acidic (pH = 3) environments	45
Comparative study on fracture characteristics of coal and rock samples based on acoustic emission technology	44
On the anisotropy of shear fracture toughness in rocks	42
Study on the effect of the lower limit of cyclic stress on the mechanical properties and acoustic emission of sandstone under cyclic loading and unloading	42
Experiment and peridynamic simulation on cracking behavior of red sandstone containing a single non-straight fissure under uniaxial compression	41
Adaptive fourth-order phase field analysis using deep energy minimization	41
A microscale model for concrete failure in poro-elasto-plastic media	40
Mechanical behaviour of a jointed rock mass with a circular hole under compression-shear loading: Experimental and numerical studies	39
Phase-field cohesive zone modeling of multi-physical fracture in solids and the open-source implementation in Comsol Multiphysics	39
Assessment of freezing and thawing cycle (FTC) effects on mixed mode I/III fracture toughness and work of fracture of HMA asphalt mixtures	39
Determination of the fracture parameters of steel fiber-reinforced geopolymer concrete	39
Experimental and DEM study on failure behavior and stress distribution of flawed sandstone specimens under uniaxial compression	39
An investigation about debonding mechanisms in FRP-strengthened RC structural elements by using a cohesive/volumetric modeling technique	38
Experimental study on the dynamic fracture mechanical properties of limestone after chemical corrosion	37
Experimental and numerical simulation study of crack coalescence modes and microcrack propagation law of fissured sandstone under uniaxial compression	37
Determining concrete fracture parameters using three-point bending beams with various specimen spans	37
Mechanical characteristics of single cracked limestone in compression-shear fracture under hydro-mechanical coupling	36
Stress gradient effect in metal fatigue: Review and solutions	36
On the directional dependency of Mode I fracture toughness in anisotropic rocks	36
Evaluation of fracture resistance of asphalt concrete involving Calcium Lignosulfonate and Polyester fiber under freeze–thaw damage	35
Evaluation of the geometrical discontinuity effect on mixed-mode I/II fracture load of FDM 3D-printed parts	34
Investigation of dynamic fracture properties of multi-crack tunnel samples under impact loads	34
Fracture failure analysis of elliptical hole bored granodiorite rocks under impact loads	34
Experimental and numerical fracture analysis of the plain and polyvinyl alcohol fiber-reinforced ultra-high-performance concrete structures	33
Influence of mode mixity and loading rate on the fracture behaviour of crash resistant adhesives	33
Local stress distribution and evolution surrounding flaw and opening within rock block under uniaxial compression	33
Crack propagation under thermo-mechanical loadings based on moving mesh strategy	32
Effects of building direction and defect sensitivity on the fatigue behavior of additively manufactured H13 tool steel	32
Crack propagation process and acoustic emission characteristics of rock-like specimens with double parallel flaws under uniaxial compression	32
New insights into the fracture evolution and instability warning predication for fissure-contained hollow-cylinder granite with different hole diameter under multi-stage cyclic loads	32
Cracking behaviors and chaotic characteristics of sandstone with unfilled and filled dentate flaw	32
Fatigue behaviour and constitutive model of yellow sandstone containing pre-existing surface crack under uniaxial cyclic loading	31
Fracture mechanics analysis of bimaterial interface cracks using the generalized finite difference method	31
Fracture failure analysis of freeze–thawed granite containing natural fracture under uniaxial multi-level cyclic loads	31
Influence of lithology and bedding orientation on failure behavior of “D” shaped tunnel	30
Effect of bitumen type, temperature and aging on mixed I/II fracture toughness of asphalt binders-experimental and theoretical assessment	30
Estimation of the mode I fracture toughness and evaluations on the strain behaviors of the compacted mine tailings from full-field displacement fields via digital image correlation	29
Evaluation of fracture behavior of modified Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) under modes I and II at low and intermediate temperatures	29
A coupling model of XFEM/peridynamics for 2D dynamic crack propagation and branching problems	29
Mode II fracture tests on asphalt concrete at different temperatures using semi-circular bend specimen loaded by various types of supports	29
Analysis of notch effect in the fracture behaviour of additively manufactured PLA and graphene reinforced PLA	29
Deterioration of dynamic fracture characteristics, tensile strength and elastic modulus of tight sandstone under dry-wet cycles	29
Tensile mode fracture toughness experiments on andesite rock using disc and semi-disc bend geometries with varying loading spans	29
Investigation on crack initiation and propagation in hydraulic fracturing of bedded shale by hybrid phase-field modeling	29

Numerical simulation of fatigue crack growth based on accumulated plastic strain	28
Influence of heat treatment-induced residual stress on residual fatigue life of railway axles	28
Investigation of internal step and metal part reinforcement on joint strength in the adhesively bonded joint: Experimental and numerical analysis	28
Fracture properties of slag-based alkali-activated seawater coral aggregate concrete	27
Mixed mode fracture parameters and fracture characteristics of diorite using cracked straight through Brazilian disc specimen	27
Fracture properties of the gold mine tailings-based geopolymer under mode I loading condition through semi-circular bend tests with digital image correlation	27
Damage detection in girder bridges using modal curvatures gapped smoothing method and Convolutional Neural Network: Application to Bo Nghi bridge	27
The fracture behavior and microstructure of calcium aluminate cement concrete with various water-cement ratios	27
Crack propagation in quasi-brittle materials by fourth-order phase-field cohesive zone model	27
A review of mixed mode I-II fracture criteria and their applications in brittle or quasi-brittle fracture analysis	27
Mode I and mode II fracture toughness and fracture energy of cement concrete containing different percentages of coarse and fine recycled tire rubber granules	27
Effect of polypropylene fibers on the mode I, mode II, and mixed-mode fracture toughness and crack propagation in fiber-reinforced concrete	26
Experimental and numerical study on crack development characteristics between two cavities in rock-like material under uniaxial compression	26
Influence of cement content and maximum aggregate size on the fracture parameters of magnetite concrete using WFM, SEM and BEM	26
Experimental observation and numerical investigation on propagation and coalescence process of multiple flaws in rock-like materials subjected to hydraulic pressure and far-field stress	26
An experimental study on failure mechanical behavior and cracking mechanism of rectangular solid sandstone containing two non-coplanar fissures under conventional triaxial compression	26
Experimental study on uniaxial compression failure modes and acoustic emission characteristics of fissured sandstone under water saturation	26
Fracture behavior of multi-scale nano-SiO2 and polyvinyl alcohol fiber reinforced cementitious composites under the complex environments	26
Toughness or strength? Regularization in phase-field fracture explained by the coupled criterion	26
Experimental and numerical studies of brittle rock-like specimens with unfilled cross fissures under uniaxial compression	25
Experimental and numerical investigation of fatigue crack growth behavior and optimizing fatigue life of riveted joints in Al-alloy 2024 plates	25
Investigation of concrete cracking phenomena by using cohesive fracture-based techniques: A comparison between an embedded crack model and a refined diffuse interface model	25
Comparative study of phase-field damage models for hydrogen assisted cracking	25
Peridynamic investigation of the effect of porosity on fatigue nucleation for additively manufactured titanium alloy Ti6Al4V	25
An overview of implicit and explicit phase field models for quasi-static failure processes, implementation and computational efficiency	25
A phase-field study of crack propagation and branching in functionally graded materials using explicit dynamics	25
Influence of raster orientation on the determination of fracture properties of polypropylene thin components produced by additive manufacturing	25
Modeling and studies of fracture in functionally graded materials under thermal shock loading using peridynamics	25
Concrete fracture considering aggregate grading	25
On the elastic and mixed-mode fracture properties of PVC foam	25
DIC-based structural strain approach for low-cycle fatigue assessment of AA 5083 welded joints	25
Experimental study of the mechanical and fracture behavior of flawed sandstone subjected to coupled static-repetitive impact loading	24
An experimental investigation on FPZ evolution of concrete at different low temperatures by means of 3D-DIC	24
Micromechanisms of coal fracture: Insights from quantitative AE technique	24
Evolution of tensile and shear cracking in crystalline rocks under compression	24
Prediction of fatigue crack growth rate in aircraft aluminum alloys using optimized neural networks	24
Cohesive zone modeling of I–II mixed mode fracture behaviors of hot mix asphalt based on the semi-circular bending test	24
Crack tip asymptotic field and K-dominant region for anisotropic semi-circular bend specimen	24
Evaluation of low and intermediate temperatures fracture indices for modified Warm mix asphalt (WMA) using edge notched disc bend (ENDB) specimen	24
Shear behavior and acoustic emission characteristics of en-echelon joints under constant normal stiffness conditions	24
Investigation on model-I fracture toughness of sandstone with the structure of typical bedding inclination angles subjected to three-point bending	24
A cohesive zone based DE/FE coupling approach for interfacial debonding analysis of laminated glass	24
Evaluation of fracture energy, toughness, brittleness, and fracture process zone properties for lightweight concrete exposed to high temperatures	24
Mechanisms of fatigue crack growth in Ti-6Al-4V alloy subjected to single overloads	24
Acoustic emission and failure characteristics of cracked rock under freezing-thawing and shearing	23
Damage characteristics and laws of micro-crack of underwater electric pulse fracturing coal-rock mass	23
The fracture load analysis of different support patches in adhesively bonded single-lap joints	23
Deformation damage and acoustic emission characteristics of red sandstone under fatigue–creep interaction	23
Fracture and structural performance of adhesively bonded 3D-printed PETG single lap joints under different printing parameters	23
Fatigue damage model of concrete materials	23
Experimental study on the dynamic behavior of sandstone with coplanar elliptical flaws from macro, meso, and micro viewpoints	23
Fatigue life prediction of cast aluminum alloy based on porosity characteristics	23
Correlation between real geometry and tensile mechanical behaviour for Ti6Al4V electron beam melted thin specimens	22
Temporal dominant frequency evolution characteristics during the fracture process of flawed red sandstone	22
Experimental investigation on the mixed-mode fracture behavior of rock-like material with bedding plane	22
Effect of temperature on mixed mode I/III fracture behavior of diorite: An experimental investigation	22
Residual stress as a fracture toughening mechanism: A Phase-Field study on a brittle material	22
Mechanical behaviour of fracture-filled rock-like specimens under compression-shear loads: An experimental and numerical study	22
A review on theory and application of plastic meso-damage mechanics	22
The fracture load analysis of different material thickness in adhesively bonded joints subjected to fully reversed bending fatigue load	21
An online model-based fatigue life prediction approach using extended Kalman filter	21
The phase-field approach to self-healable fracture of elastomers: A model accounting for fracture nucleation at large, with application to a class of conspicuous experiments	21
AFM, SEM AND TEM study of damage mechanisms in cyclically strained mar-M247 at room temperature and high temperatures	21
Thermal fracture analysis in orthotropic materials by XFEM	21
Effects of 2D&3D nonparallel flaws on failure characteristics of brittle rock-like samples under uniaxial compression: Insights from acoustic emission and DIC monitoring	21
Crack tip asymptotic field coefficients analyses based on extended finite element method using over-deterministic displacement field fitting method	21
Influence of different concealment conditions of parallel double flaws on mechanical properties and failure characteristics of brittle rock under uniaxial compression	21
A coupled extended meshfree–smoothed meshfree method for crack growth simulation	21
A SIMP-phase field topology optimization framework to maximize quasi-brittle fracture resistance of 2D and 3D composites	21
Experimental research on the mechanical and acoustic emission properties of layered sandstone during tensile failure	21
Numerical insights into the effect of ITZ and aggregate strength on concrete properties	21
A systematic 3D simulation method for geomaterials with block inclusions from image recognition to fracturing modelling	21
Prediction of the influence of loading rate and sugarcane leaves concentration on fracture toughness of sugarcane leaves and epoxy composite using artificial intelligence	21
Analysis on damage evolution and corrosion fatigue performance of high-strength steel wire for bridge cable: Experiments and numerical simulation	20
In-situ strength effects in long fibre reinforced composites: A micro-mechanical analysis using the phase field approach of fracture	20
Damage patterns in float glass plates: Experiments and peridynamics analysis	20
Peridynamic modeling with energy-based surface correction for fracture simulation of random porous materials	20
Buckling analysis of cracked orthotropic 3D plates and shells via an isogeometric-reproducing kernel particle method	20
Plastic strain localization induced by microstructural gradient in laser cladding repaired structures	20
Photoelastic evaluation of stress fields and notch stress intensity factors for blunt V-notches	20

Irreversible cyclic cohesive zone model for prediction of mode I fatigue crack growth in CFRP-strengthened steel plates	20
Acoustic emission characteristics and failure mode analysis of rock failure under complex stress state	20
Crack propagation mechanism in rock-like specimens containing intermittent flaws under shear loading	20
Crack growth modeling and simulation of a peridynamic fatigue model based on numerical and analytical solution approaches	20
Prediction of the mixed mode I/II fracture toughness of PMMA by an artificial intelligence approach	20
Crack initiation and failure of block-in-matrix rocks under Brazilian test using digital image correlation	20
Experimental study on the impact disturbance damage of weakly cemented rock based on fractal characteristics and energy dissipation regulation	20
Investigation on crack evolution behaviors and mechanism on rock-like specimen with two circular-holes under compression	20
Extended finite element simulation on Tensile, fracture toughness and fatigue crack growth behaviour of additively manufactured Ti6Al4V alloy	20
Experimental investigation of plane shear fracture characteristics of sandstone after cyclic freeze–thaw treatments	20
Investigation of hydraulic fracture branching in porous media with a hybrid finite element and peridynamic approach	20
Notch fatigue performance of DP600 steel under different pre-straining paths	20
Investigation of the fracture characteristics of granite and green sandstone under different thermal treatments	20
Effect of loading rate on mixed mode I-II crack propagation in concrete	19
Assessment of mode I fracture of rock-type sharp V-notched samples considering the size effect	19
Microstructure-sensitive estimation of fatigue life using cyclic thermodynamic entropy as an index for metals	19
A comprehensive review of fatigue behavior of laser shock peened metallic materials	19
Progressive failure characteristics and energy accumulation of granite with a pre-fabricated fracture during conventional triaxial loading	19
Dynamic mechanical properties and cracking behaviours of persistent fractured granite under impact loading with various loading rates	19
Evaluation of hydrogen trapping and diffusion in two cold worked CrMo(V) steel grades by means of the electrochemical hydrogen permeation technique	19
Peridynamics modeling and simulation of meso-scale fracture in recycled coarse aggregate (RCA) concretes	19
Durability of mortars modified with the addition of amorphous aluminum silicate and silica fume	19
Investigating the effect of printing speed and mode mixity on the fracture behavior of FDM-ABS specimens	19
Fractal fracture toughness measurements of heat-treated granite using hydraulic fracturing under different injection flow rates	19
Fracture initiation under pure shear revisited: Remarks on the mode II fracture in quasi-brittle materials	19
Experimental study on the quasi-static loading rate dependency of mixed-mode I/II fractures for marble rocks	19
Experimental investigation on mixed mode I-III fracture characteristics of sandstone corroded by periodic acid solution	19
Effect of creep load on fatigue behavior and acoustic emission characteristics of sandstone containing pre-existing crack during fatigue loading	19
Simulation of hydrogen permeation through pure iron for trapping and surface phenomena characterisation	19
A suitable mixed mode I/II test specimen for fracture toughness study of polyurethane foam with different cell densities	19
Experimental study on crack propagation and failure mode of fissured shale under uniaxial compression	19
On the fracture mechanism of rock-like materials with interbedded hard-soft layers under Brazilian tests	19
Experiment and numerical simulation on cracking behavior of marble containing double elliptic holes under uniaxial compression	18
A new integral equation method for calculating interacting stress intensity factor of multiple crack-hole problem	18
Failure characteristics of coarse and fine sandstone containing two parallel fissures subjected to true triaxial stresses	18
Coupling of peridynamics with finite elements for brittle crack propagation problems	18
A new cohesive law for the simulation of crack propagation under cyclic loading. Application to steel- and concrete-FRP bonded interface	18
Influence of chopped basalt fibers on the fracture performance of concrete subjected to calcium leaching	18
Multi-scale numerical simulation of fracture behavior of nickel-aluminum alloy by coupled molecular dynamics and cohesive finite element method (CFEM)	18
Influence of laser peening on the high-temperature fatigue life and fracture of Inconel 718 nickel-based alloy	18
Establishing flow stress behaviour of Ti-6Al-4V alloy and development of constitutive models using Johnson-Cook method and Artificial Neural Network for quasi-static and dynamic loading	18
Crack initiation and failure development in bimrocks using digital image correlation under dynamic load	18
Failure characteristics and meso-deterioration mechanism of pre-stressed coal subjected to different dynamic loads	18
Rock fracture with statistical determination of fictitious crack growth	18
An auto-adaptive sub-stepping algorithm for phase-field modeling of brittle fracture	18
Evaluation of SIFs for cracks under thermal impact based on Green-Naghdi theory	18
Effects of alkaline solution to binder ratio on fracture parameters of steel fiber reinforced heavyweight geopolymer concrete	18
Experimental investigation of mixed mode I-II fracture property of thermally treated granite under dynamic loading	18
Numerical modelling of a chiral auxetic cellular structure under multiaxial loading conditions	18
Experimental and numerical investigation on the mechanical characteristics and failure mechanism of cracked coal & rock-like combined sample under uniaxial compression	17
Influence of chlorides on the fracture toughness and fracture resistance under the mixed mode I/II of high-performance concrete	17
An experimental and theoretical investigation of time-dependent cracking and creep behavior of rocks under triaxial hydro-mechanical coupling	17
An improved mesoscale damage model for quasi-brittle fracture analysis of concrete with ordinary state-based peridynamics	17
Experimental investigation on mechanical properties and failure mechanism of rock-like specimens containing an arc-shaped ice-filled flaw under uniaxial compression	17
Effect of double holes on crack propagation in PMMA plates under blasting load by caustics method	17
On the behaviour of small fatigue cracks emanating from corrosion pits: Part I – The influence of mechanical factors	17
A comparison of crack propagation theories in viscoelastic materials	17
A proposal on ultra-low cycle fatigue damage evaluation of structural steels	17
Thermal effect on the fracture behavior of granite using acoustic emission and digital image correlation: An experimental investigation	17
Experimental investigation on damage characteristics and fracture behaviors of granite after high temperature exposure under different strain rates	17
Experimental investigation of fracture toughness of nanoclay reinforced polymer concrete composite: Effect of specimen size and crack angle	17
Experimental evaluation of the transient propagation fracture properties of rocks under dynamic mode I loading: An insight from digital image correlation	17
Multiaxial fatigue assessment of steels with non-metallic inclusions by means of adapted critical plane criteria	17
Modulating the damping capacity of SLMed AlSi10Mg trough stress-relieving thermal treatments	17
Fatigue damage and fracture evolution characteristics of sandstone under multistage intermittent cyclic loading	17
Simulation of the crack width in reinforced concrete beams based on concrete fracture	17
The mode I fatigue fracture of fine-grained quartz-diorite under coupled static loading and dynamic disturbance	17
Experimental determination of mode I fracture parameters in orthotropic materials by means of Digital Image Correlation	17
Dynamics fracture characteristics of cylindrically-bored granodiorite rocks under different hole size and initial stress state	17
Investigation on fatigue performance of adhesively bonded butt-joints and multiaxial life estimation using stress-based failure models	16
Failure criterion considering high temperature treatment for rocks from a micromechanical perspective	16
Three-dimensional fatigue crack closure numerical modelling: Crack growth scheme	16
Experimental and numerical investigation of effect of size, position and geometry of some cutouts on fatigue life and crack growth path on AISI1045 steel plate	16
Application of a micro-model for concrete to the simulation of crack propagation	16
Experimental observations on the effect of thermal treatment on the crack speed and mode I and II fracture toughness in brittle and ductile rocks	16
Study on Freezing-Thawing damage mechanism and evolution model of concrete	16
Temperature dependences and rate effects on Mode II fracture toughness determined by punch-through shear technique for granite	16
Laboratory-scale mixed-mode I/II fracture tests on columnar saline ice	16
Strain energy release rate in combination with reinforcement isotropic solid model (SERIS): A new mixed-mode I/II criterion to investigate fracture behavior of orthotropic materials	16
Effect of confining pressure on shear fracture behavior and surface morphology of granite by the short core in compression test	16
Evolution of acoustic emission activity throughout fine recycled aggregate earth concrete under compressive tests	16
Cohesive zone modeling of EAF slag-included asphalt mixtures in fracture modes I and II	16
Evaluating stress intensity factors for surface cracks in an orthotropic steel deck accounting for the welding residual stresses	16
Experimental and numerical investigation on the effect of bedding plane properties on fracture behaviour of sandy mudstone	16
Analysis of the failure process by using the Lattice Discrete Element Method in the Abaqus environment	16
A general framework for decomposing the phase field fracture driving force, particularised to a Drucker–Prager failure surface	16
Peridynamic modeling of delaminations in laminated composite beams using refined zigzag theory	16
Modeling crack propagation in heterogeneous granite using grain-based phase field method	15
Dynamic brittle fracture in sharp V-notched rock specimens using digital image correlation method	15
Modelling of cracks with frictional contact based on peridynamics	15
A study on the failure behavior of Al2O3-Ni micro-layered beams under three point bending	15
Fracture evolution and failure mechanism of rock-like materials containing cross-flaws under the shearing effect	15
Influence of arch shaped notch angle, length and opening on the failure mechanism of rock like material and acoustic emission properties: Experimental test and numerical simulation	15
Mechanical behavior of anchored rock with an infilled joint under uniaxial loading revealed by AE and DIC monitoring	15
New algorithm for optimised fitting of DIC data to crack tip plastic zone using the CJP model	15