OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Engineering Fracture Mechanics is 46. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
A machine-learning fatigue life prediction approach of additively manufactured metals	186
A review of phase-field models, fundamentals and their applications to composite laminates	157
Hydraulic fracture vertical propagation behavior in transversely isotropic layered shale formation with transition zone using XFEM-based CZM method	128
A review on phase-field modeling of hydraulic fracturing	96
Corrosion fatigue lifetime assessment of high-speed railway axle EA4T steel with artificial scratch	92
Phase field modeling and computer implementation: A review	81
Defect-based fatigue life prediction of L-PBF additive manufactured metals	81
Data-driven fatigue life prediction in additive manufactured titanium alloy: A damage mechanics based machine learning framework	79
On the comparison of two mixed-mode I + III fracture test specimens	77
Failure mechanism of fractured rock and associated acoustic behaviors under different loading rates	75
A physics-informed neural network for creep-fatigue life prediction of components at elevated temperatures	74
Fracture predictions based on a coupled chemo-mechanical model with strain gradient plasticity theory for film electrodes of Li-ion batteries	72
Discrete mechanical models of concrete fracture	71
Effect of the manufacturing parameters on the tensile and fracture properties of FDM 3D-printed PLA specimens	69
Exploring hydraulic fracture behavior in glutenite formation with strong heterogeneity and variable lithology based on DEM simulation	69
Evolutionary characteristics of mode-I fracture toughness and fracture energy in granite from different burial depths under high-temperature effect	67
Anisotropic fracture and energy characteristics of a Tibet marble exposed to multi-level constant-amplitude (MLCA) cyclic loads: A lab-scale testing	63
Effect of microwave heating on fracture behavior of granite: An experimental investigation	61
Predictive modelling of fracture behaviour in silica-filled polymer composite subjected to impact with varying loading rates using artificial neural network	61
Modelling fracture process zone width and length for quasi-brittle fracture of rock, concrete and ceramics	60
Failure and mechanical behavior of transversely isotropic rock under compression-shear tests: Laboratory testing and numerical simulation	60
Experimental study on development characteristics and size effect of rock fracture process zone	58
Experimental and numerical investigation on the effects of bedding plane properties on the mechanical and acoustic emission characteristics of sandy mudstone	57
Theory and experiment on true mode II fracturing of roc	57
Long-term testing methods for HDPE pipe - advantages and disadvantages: A review	56

Laboratory investigations on failure, energy and permeability evolution of fissured rock-like materials under seepage pressures	55
Experimental and numerical investigations on crack development in 3D printed rock-like specimens with pre-existing flaws	55
An energy-based peridynamic model for fatigue cracking	55
A review of the effects of weak interfaces on crack propagation in rock: From phenomenon to mechanism	54
Breakage mechanism of hard-rock penetration by TBM disc cutter after high pressure water jet precutting	54
Connecting the macroscopic and mesoscopic properties of sintered silver nanoparticles by crystal plasticity finite element method	53
Quasi-static loading rate effects on fracture process zone development of mixed-mode (I-II) fractures in rock-like materials	53
Machine learning-based fatigue life prediction of metal materials: Perspectives of physics-informed and data-driven hybrid methods	53
On the effect of stress amplitude on fracture and energy evolution of pre-flawed granite under uniaxial increasing-amplitude fatigue loads	53
Macro-meso failure behavior of pre-flawed hollow-cylinder granite under multi-level cyclic loads: Insights from acoustic emission and post-test CT scanning	51
Effects of specimen size and loading conditions on the fracture behaviour of asphalt concretes in the SCB test	50
On validating peridynamic models and a phase-field model for dynamic brittle fracture in glass	50
A fracture-based approach to characterize long-term performance of asphalt mixes under moisture and freeze-thaw conditions	50
A refined thermo-mechanical fully coupled peridynamics with application to concrete cracking	49
Effects of residual stress and surface roughness on the fatigue life of nickel aluminium bronze alloy under laser shock peening	49
A hybrid numerical approach for hydraulic fracturing in a naturally fractured formation combining the XFEM and phase-field model	49
Prediction of fatigue–crack growth with neural network-based increment learning scheme	48
Effect of liquid nitrogen freeze–thaw cycle on fracture toughness and energy release rate of saturated sandstone	48
Interaction integral method for computation of crack parameters K–T – A review	47
Experimental study on Fe-SMA-to-steel adhesively bonded interfaces using DIC	46
Machine learning approaches to rock fracture mechanics problems: Mode-I fracture toughness determination	46
Using artificial neural network to predict the fracture properties of the interfacial transition zone of concrete at the meso-scale	46