Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Article	Citations
A machine-learning fatigue life prediction approach of additively manufactured metals	152
A review of phase-field models, fundamentals and their applications to composite laminates	137
Mesoscale modelling of concrete – A review of geometry generation, placing algorithms, constitutive relations and applications	117
Experimental investigation of thermal cycling effect on fracture characteristics of granite in a geothermal-energy reservoir	106
Hydraulic fracture vertical propagation behavior in transversely isotropic layered shale formation with transition zone using XFEM-based CZM method	104
Application of different acoustic emission descriptors in damage assessment of fiber reinforced plastics: A comprehensive review	96
Corrosion fatigue lifetime assessment of high-speed railway axle EA4T steel with artificial scratch	86
Fracture behavior and damage mechanisms of sandstone subjected to wetting-drying cycles	84
Investigation of the low-temperature properties and cracking resistance of fiber-reinforced asphalt concrete using the DIC technique	79
A data-driven approach based on long short-term memory and hidden Markov model for crack propagation prediction	78
The influence of in-plane raster angle on tensile and fracture strengths of 3D-printed PLA specimens	77
A review on phase-field modeling of hydraulic fracturing	75
Probabilistic fatigue assessment of notched components under size effect using critical distance theory	75
Defect-based fatigue life prediction of L-PBF additive manufactured metals	73
A three-dimensional numerical study of hydraulic fracturing with degradable diverting materials via CZM-based FEM	71
Experimental study of acoustic emission multi-parameter information characterizing rock crack development	70
A 3-D hydraulic fracture propagation model applied for shale gas reservoirs with multiple bedding planes	70
Data-driven fatigue life prediction in additive manufactured titanium alloy: A damage mechanics based machine learning framework	67
Fracture predictions based on a coupled chemo-mechanical model with strain gradient plasticity theory for film electrodes of Li-ion batteries	65
On the comparison of two mixed-mode I + III fracture test specimens	65
Effect of aspect ratio on dynamic fracture toughness of particulate polymer composite using artificial neural network	65
Development of fracture process zone in full-graded dam concrete under three-point bending by DIC and acoustic emission	64
Full-field measurement and fracture and fatigue characterizations of asphalt concrete based on the SCB test and stereo-DIC	63
Digital twin for the structural health management of reusable spacecraft: A case study	63
Meso-mechanical modelling of damage in concrete using discrete element method with porous ITZs of defined width around aggregates	60

Experimental study on fracture and fatigue crack propagation processes in concrete based on DIC technology	60
Fracture loads prediction of the modified 3D-printed ABS specimens under mixed-mode I/II loading	60
Meso-scale simulations of size effect on concrete dynamic splitting tensile strength: Influence of aggregate content and maximum aggregate size	58
Failure mechanism of fractured rock and associated acoustic behaviors under different loading rates	58
Anisotropic fracture and energy characteristics of a Tibet marble exposed to multi-level constant-amplitude (MLCA) cyclic loads: A lab-scale testing	57
Discrete mechanical models of concrete fracture	57
Predictive modelling of fracture behaviour in silica-filled polymer composite subjected to impact with varying loading rates using artificial neural network	56
Mixed-mode I + II tensile fracture analysis of thermally treated granite using straight-through notch Brazilian disc specimens	56
Effect of the manufacturing parameters on the tensile and fracture properties of FDM 3D-printed PLA specimens	55
Cracking process and acoustic emission characteristics of sandstone with two parallel filled-flaws under biaxial compression	54
A physics-informed neural network for creep-fatigue life prediction of components at elevated temperatures	53
Evaluation of variational phase-field models for dynamic brittle fracture	51
Failure and mechanical behavior of transversely isotropic rock under compression-shear tests: Laboratory testing and numerical simulation	51
Evolutionary characteristics of mode-I fracture toughness and fracture energy in granite from different burial depths under high-temperature effect	50
Phase field modeling and computer implementation: A review	50
Laboratory investigations on failure, energy and permeability evolution of fissured rock-like materials under seepage pressures	49
Uncertainty of the smeared crack model applied to RC beams	49
Experimental study on development characteristics and size effect of rock fracture process zone	48
Exploring hydraulic fracture behavior in glutenite formation with strong heterogeneity and variable lithology based on DEM simulation	48
Modelling fracture process zone width and length for quasi-brittle fracture of rock, concrete and ceramics	48
The tensile properties and interlaminar shear strength of microcapsules-glass fibers/epoxy self-healable composites	47
On the effect of stress amplitude on fracture and energy evolution of pre-flawed granite under uniaxial increasing-amplitude fatigue loads	47
Phase-field modeling of crack branching and deflection in heterogeneous media	47
A digital twin feasibility study (Part II): Non-deterministic predictions of fatigue life using in-situ diagnostics and prognostics	47
Experimental and numerical investigation on the effects of bedding plane properties on the mechanical and acoustic emission characteristics of sandy mudstone	46
Quasi-static loading rate effects on fracture process zone development of mixed-mode (I-II) fractures in rock-like materials	45
Loading rate effects on anisotropy and crack propagation of weak bedding plane-rich rocks	45
An energy-based peridynamic model for fatigue cracking	45
Macro-meso failure behavior of pre-flawed hollow-cylinder granite under multi-level cyclic loads: Insights from acoustic emission and post-test CT scanning	45
Identification of fracture toughness parameters to understand the fracture resistance of advanced high strength sheet steels	45
Effects of curing time, cement content, and saturation state on mode-I fracture toughness of cemented paste backfill	44
A review on mixed mode fracture of metals	44
Linear energy storage and dissipation laws during rock fracture under three-point flexural loading	44
Effect of microwave heating on fracture behavior of granite: An experimental investigation	44
Interaction integral method for computation of crack parameters K–T – A review	44
On validating peridynamic models and a phase-field model for dynamic brittle fracture in glass	43
Prediction of fatigue–crack growth with neural network-based increment learning scheme	43
Statistics-assisted fracture modelling of small un-notched and large notched sandstone specimens with specimen-size/grain-size ratio from 30 to 900	42
Numerical simulation of stress shadow in multiple cluster hydraulic fracturing in horizontal wells based on lattice modelling	42
Breakage mechanism of hard-rock penetration by TBM disc cutter after high pressure water jet precutting	42
Long-term testing methods for HDPE pipe - advantages and disadvantages: A review	42
Experimental and numerical investigations on crack development in 3D printed rock-like specimens with pre-existing flaws	42
Theory and experiment on true mode II fracturing of roc	42
Using artificial neural network to predict the fracture properties of the interfacial transition zone of concrete at the meso-scale	41
A hybrid numerical approach for hydraulic fracturing in a naturally fractured formation combining the XFEM and phase-field model	40
Effects of residual stress and surface roughness on the fatigue life of nickel aluminium bronze alloy under laser shock peening	40
Effect of liquid nitrogen freeze–thaw cycle on fracture toughness and energy release rate of saturated sandstone	40
A fracture-based approach to characterize long-term performance of asphalt mixes under moisture and freeze-thaw conditions	40
Effects of specimen size and loading conditions on the fracture behaviour of asphalt concretes in the SCB test	39
Fracture investigation of asphalt mixtures containing reclaimed asphalt pavement using an equivalent energy approach	39

A stochastic multiscale peridynamic model for corrosion-induced fracture in reinforced concrete	39
A phase field numerical manifold method for crack propagation in quasi-brittle materials	39
An explicit phase field model for progressive tensile failure of composites	39
A review of the effects of weak interfaces on crack propagation in rock: From phenomenon to mechanism	39
Machine learning approaches to rock fracture mechanics problems: Mode-I fracture toughness determination	38
Novel special crack-tip elements for interface crack analysis by an efficient boundary element method	38
Extended isogeometric analysis for fracture in functionally graded magneto-electro-elastic material	38
Prediction of failure behavior of adhesively bonded CFRP scarf joints using a cohesive zone model	37
A FDEM approach to study mechanical and fracturing responses of geo-materials with high inclusion contents using a novel reconstruction strategy	37
A comparative study on the crack development in rock-like specimens containing unfilled and filled flaws	37
Study on the interaction between hydraulic fracture and natural fracture based on extended finite element method	37
A time-domain stepwise fatigue assessment to bridge small-scale fracture mechanics with large-scale system dynamics for high-speed maglev lightweight bogies	36
A length scale insensitive phase field model for brittle fracture of hyperelastic solids	36
The influence of microwave treatment on the mode I fracture toughness of granite	36
Application of generalized regression neural network optimized by fruit fly optimization algorithm for fracture toughness in a pearlitic steel	36
Fracture resistance study for hot mix asphalt mixture under out of plane sliding mode	36
The effect of in-plane layer orientation on mixed-mode I-II fracture behavior of 3D-printed poly-carbonate specimens	35
Bayesian-based probabilistic fatigue crack growth evaluation combined with machine-learning-assisted GPR	35
A new fractional Nishihara-type model with creep damage considering thermal effect	35
Efficient parameters identification of a modified GTN model of ductile fracture using machine learning	35
Experimental study of the mechanical, energy conversion and frictional heating characteristics of locking sections	35
Identification of the interfacial cohesive law parameters of FRP strips externally bonded to concrete using machine learning techniques	35
Numerical investigation on dynamic fracture behavior of cracked rocks under mixed mode I/II loading	35
Study on crack dynamic propagation behavior and fracture toughness in rock-mortar interface of concrete	35
A refined thermo-mechanical fully coupled peridynamics with application to concrete cracking	35
Failure analysis of water-bearing sandstone using acoustic emission and energy dissipation	34
A review on XIGA method for computational fracture mechanics applications	34
Understanding fracture mechanism and behaviour of ultra-high strength concrete using mesoscale modelling	34
Quantitative fracture analysis of hard rock containing double infilling flaws with a novel DIC-based method	34
Effect of microstructural damage on the mechanical properties of silica nanoparticle-reinforced silicone rubber composites	34
A thermo-elastic-plastic phase-field model for simulating the evolution and transition of adiabatic shear band. Part I. Theory and model calibration	34
Micro-cracking behavior of shale matrix during thermal recovery: Insights from phase-field modeling	34
Comparative DEM calculations of fracture process in concrete considering real angular and artificial spherical aggregates	34
Fracture properties of steel fiber reinforced concrete: Size effect study via mesoscale modelling approach	33
An experimental investigation into the influence of pre-existing natural fracture on the behavior and length of propagating hydraulic fracture	33
Dynamic fracturing properties of marble after being subjected to multiple impact loadings	33
Early age autogenous shrinkage cracking risk of an ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) wall: Modelling and experimental results	33
Experimental study on Fe-SMA-to-steel adhesively bonded interfaces using DIC	32
An extended ordinary state-based peridynamic approach for modelling hydraulic fracturing	32
A DIC method to determine the Mode I energy release rate G, the J-integral and the traction-separation law simultaneously for adhesive joints	32
Validation of a stochastically homogenized peridynamic model for quasi-static fracture in concrete	32
Microcracking in tensile fracture of a brittle rock	32
3D meso-scale modelling of the interface behavior between ribbed steel bar and concrete	31
Fracture toughness and crack propagation behavior of nanoscale beryllium oxide graphene-like structures: A molecular dynamics simulation analysis	31
Experimental study on mechanical properties and failure modes of pre-existing cracks in sandstone during uniaxial tension/compression testing	31
Fractional model for simulating the viscoelastic behavior of artificial fracture in shale gas	31
A finite-discrete element based appoach for modelling the hydraulic fracturing of rocks with irregular inclusions	31
Acquisition of normal contact stiffness and its influence on rock crack propagation for the combined finite-discrete element method (FDEM)	31
Shear interfacial fracture of strain-hardening fiber-reinforced cementitious composites and concrete: A novel approach	31
A comparative study of micro-mechanical models for fiber pullout behavior of reinforced high performance concrete	30
Numerical simulation of hydraulic fracturing of hot dry rock under thermal stress	30
Mesoscale modelling of size effect on the evolution of fracture process zone in concrete	30
Peridynamic simulation of finite elastic deformation and rupture in polymers	30
Early-age tensile constitutive relationships for steel and polypropylene fiber reinforced concrete	30
An investigation on hydraulic fracturing characteristics in granite geothermal reservoir	30
Experimental and theoretical fracture assessment of rock-type U-notched specimens under mixed mode I/II loading	30
Fracture process zone (FPZ) in quasi-brittle materials: Review and new insights from flawed granite subjected to uniaxial stress	30
Parameter studies on the mineral boundary strength influencing the fracturing of the crystalline rock based on a novel Grain-Based Model	29
Acoustic emission, damage and cracking evolution of intact coal under compressive loads: Experimental and discrete element modelling	29
Meshfree thermomechanical crack growth simulations with new numerical integration scheme	29
Fracture and failure behavior of additive manufactured Ti6Al4V lattice structures under compressive load	29
A damage threshold prediction model of CFRP panel by hail impact based on delamination mechanism	29
Indentation resistance of brittle auxetic structures: Combining discrete representation and continuum model	29
Effect of high temperature on mode-I fracture toughness of granite subjected to liquid nitrogen cooling	29
Phase field modeling of hydraulic fracturing in porous media formation with natural fracture	29
Advanced reproducing kernel meshfree modeling of cracked curved shells for mixed-mode stress resultant intensity factors	29
Numerical simulation of the fracture propagation of linear collaborative directional hydraulic fracturing controlled by pre-slotted guide and fracturing boreholes	28
Defect‐induced fatigue scattering and assessment of additively manufactured 300M-AerMet100 steel: An investigation based on experiments and machine learning	28
Statistical damage model for dry and saturated rock under uniaxial loading based on infrared radiation for possible stress prediction	28
Numerical simulation analysis of vertical propagation of hydraulic fracture in bedding plane	28
Research on the anisotropic fracture behavior and the corresponding fracture surface roughness of shale	28
Mixed-mode tensile/shear fracture of the additively manufactured components under dynamic and static loads	28
Phase-field simulation of hydraulic fracturing with a revised fluid model and hybrid solver	28
Atomistic simulations to study crack tip behaviour in multi-elemental alloys	28
Auxetic behavior of Beishan granite after thermal treatment: A microcracking perspective	28
Correlation between shear induced asperity degradation and acoustic emission energy in single granite fracture	28
Phase field simulation for fracture behavior of hyperelastic material at large deformation based on edge-based smoothed finite element method	27
Cracking behaviours of layered specimen with an interface crack in Brazilian tests	27
A digital twin feasibility study (Part I): Non-deterministic predictions of fatigue life in aluminum alloy 7075-T651 using a microstructure-based multi-scale model	27
Numerical simulation of hydraulic fracture height layer-through propagation based on three-dimensional lattice method	27

A coupled crystal plasticity FEM and phase-field model for crack evolution in microstructures of 7000 series aluminum alloys	27
Fracture toughness analysis of HCCD specimens of Longmaxi shale subjected to mixed mode I-II loading	27
Fracture behavior of flax fibers reinforced earth concrete	27
The non-plane initiation and propagation mechanism of multiple hydraulic fractures in tight reservoirs considering stress shadow effects	27
A state-of-the-art review of crack branching	27
Mode-I fracture toughness and mechanisms of Salt-Rock gypsum interlayers under real-time high-temperature conditions	27
Investigation of fracture process zone properties of mode I fracture in heat-treated granite through digital image correlation	27
Fracture properties of jointed rock infilled with mortar under uniaxial compression	27
A shear constitutive model and experimental demonstration considering dual void portion and solid skeleton portion of rock	27
The finite element over-deterministic method to calculate the coefficients of crack tip asymptotic fields in anisotropic planes	27
Influence of in situ micro-rolling on the improved strength and ductility of hybrid additively manufactured metals	27
Numerical investigation on the effect of well interference on hydraulic fracture propagation in shale formation	27
Experimental and numerical investigation on shale fracture behavior with different bedding properties	26
Multi-patch local mesh refinement XIGA based on LR NURBS and Nitsche’s method for crack growth in complex cracked plates	26
On the identification and uniqueness of constitutive parameters for a non-local GTN-model	26
Role of natural fractures characteristics on the performance of hydraulic fracturing for deep energy extraction using discrete fracture network (DFN)	26
Simulating fracture in rock using a micropolar peridynamic formulation	26
Sensitivity analysis of fracture energies for the combined finite-discrete element method (FDEM)	26
Induced anisotropy in the fracturing behavior of 3D printed parts analyzed by the size effect method	25
Investigation of self-heating and life prediction in CFRP laminates under cyclic shear loading condition based on the infrared thermographic data	25
Peridynamic micromechanical modeling of plastic deformation and progressive damage prediction in dual-phase materials	25
Unified full-range plasticity till fracture of meta steel and structural steels	25
Hydraulic fracturing model of a layered rock mass based on peridynamics	25
Hybrid identification method of coupled viscoplastic-damage constitutive parameters based on BP neural network and genetic algorithm	25
An XFEM-VCCT coupled approach for modeling mode I fatigue delamination in composite laminates under high cycle loading	25
An integrated macro-microscopic model for concrete deterioration under external sulfate attack	25
Fracturing behaviours and AE signatures of anisotropic coal in dynamic Brazilian tests	25
New insights into the fracture mechanism of flattened Brazilian disc specimen using digital image correlation	25
Fracture mechanics of polycrystalline beryllium oxide nanosheets: A theoretical basis	25
A 3D Voronoi clump based model for simulating failure behavior of brittle rock	25
Analysis of delamination and heat conductivity of epoxy impregnated pancake coils using a cohesive zone model	25
A discrete numerical model for the effects of crack healing on the behaviour of ordinary plain concrete: Implementation, calibration, and validation	25
Damage characteristics and constitutive model of lightweight shale ceramsite concrete under static-dynamic loading	25
Stochastically homogenized peridynamic model for dynamic fracture analysis of concrete	25
Characterising and representing small crack growth in an additive manufactured titanium alloy	25
Modelling and testing of large-scale masonry elements under three-point bending – Tough and strong nacre-like structure enlarged by a factor of 20,000	25
A comprehensive evaluation of fracture toughness, fracture energy, flexural strength and microstructure of calcium aluminate cement concrete exposed to high temperatures	24
Effects of void and inclusion sizes on mechanical response and failure mechanism of AlCrCuFeNi2 high-entropy alloy	24
Phase transformation and interface fracture of Cu/Ta multilayers: A molecular dynamics study	24
Effect of printing speed on tensile and fracture behavior of ABS specimens produced by fused deposition modeling	24
Effect of support type on the fracture toughness and energy of asphalt concrete at different temperature conditions	24
An anisotropic cohesive fracture model: Advantages and limitations of length-scale insensitive phase-field damage models	24
A thermo-elastic-plastic phase-field model for simulating the evolution and transition of adiabatic shear band. Part II. Dynamic collapse of thick-walled cylinder	24
Fatigue crack growth rates in high pressure hydrogen gas for multiple X100 pipeline welds accounting for crack location and residual stress	24
Ductile damage assessment of Ti6Al4V, 17-4PH and AlSi10Mg for additive manufacturing	24
Analysis of cracked functionally graded piezoelectric material using XIGA	24
Fracture in random quasibrittle media: I. Discrete mesoscale simulations of load capacity and fracture process zone	24
Numerical study of mechanical properties and microcrack evolution of double-layer composite rock specimens with fissures under uniaxial compression	23
A modified Coffin-Manson model for ultra-low cycle fatigue fracture of structural steels considering the effect of stress triaxiality	23
Modelling micro-cracking behaviour of granite during direct tensile test using cohesive GBM approach	23
Delamination analysis using cohesive zone model: A discussion on traction-separation law and mixed-mode criteria	23
Toward quantitative fractography using convolutional neural networks	23
A Weibull distribution-based method for the analysis of concrete fracture	23
The effect of bond-line thickness on fatigue crack growth rate in adhesively bonded joints	23
Machine learning-based fatigue life prediction of metal materials: Perspectives of physics-informed and data-driven hybrid methods	23
Phase-field modeling of hydro-thermally induced fracture in thermo-poroelastic media	23
Effect of the rotation rate on the low-cycle fatigue behavior of friction-stir welded AZ31 magnesium alloy	23
A polygon scaled boundary finite element formulation for transient coupled thermoelastic fracture problems	23
Fatigue crack propagation simulation method using XFEM with variable-node element	23
Determination of SIFs and T-stress using an over-deterministic method based on stress fields: Static and dynamic	23
A quantitative analysis of the transition of fracture mechanisms of Ti6Al4V over a wide range of stress triaxiality and strain rate	23
A novel constitutive model with plastic internal and damage variables for brittle rocks	22
Size effect research of tensile strength of bamboo scrimber based on boundary effect model	22
Thermo-chemo-mechanical cohesive zone model for cemented paste backfill-rock interface	22
Structural health monitoring of adhesive joints under pure mode I loading using the electrical impedance measurement	22
Engineering estimation method of unified constraint parameters for semi-elliptical surface cracks in plates	22
Effect of perforation friction on 3D In-stage multiple fracture propagation: A numerical study	22
A numerical study of acoustic emission characteristics of sandstone specimen containing a hole-like flaw under uniaxial compression	22
Variational phase-field model based on lower-dimensional interfacial element in FEM framework for investigating fracture behavior in layered rocks	22
Size effect in heterogeneous materials analyzed through a lattice discrete element method approach	22
Application of asymmetric semi-circular bend test for determining mixed mode I + II fracture toughness of compacted soil material	22
Prediction of Mode-I rock fracture toughness using support vector regression with metaheuristic optimization algorithms	22
Investigation of debonding growth between composite skins and corrugated foam-composite core in sandwich panels under bending loading	22
Effect of thermal treatment on the fracture toughness and subcritical crack growth of granite in double-torsion test	22
Interaction integral method for crack-tip intensity factor evaluations of magneto-electro-elastic materials with residual strain	22
Fatigue crack propagation behavior of high-strength steel under variable amplitude loading	22
Ductile fracture prediction of additive manufactured Ti6Al4V alloy based on an extended GTN damage model	22
On the effective critical distances in three-dimensional brittle fracture via a strain-based framework	21
A new framework based on XFEM for cracked semipermeable piezoelectric material	21
Generation of high-fidelity random fields from micro CT images and phase field-based mesoscale fracture modelling of concrete	21
The influence of liquid nitrogen cooling on fracture toughness of granite rocks at elevated temperatures: An experimental study	21
Dynamic microscale crack propagation in shale	21
An NMM-based fluid-solid coupling model for simulating rock hydraulic fracturing process	21
Error-controlled adaptive LR B-splines XIGA for assessment of fracture parameters in through-cracked Mindlin-Reissner plates	21
A two-dimensional ordinary state-based peridynamic model for elastic and fracture analysis	21
Fracture mechanics based fatigue life prediction for a weld toe crack under constant and variable amplitude random block loading—Modeling and uncertainty estimation	21
Deep learning-based planar crack damage evaluation using convolutional neural networks	21
Mechanical behavior and acoustic emission characteristics of intact granite undergoing direct shear	21
Study on the non-linear deformation and failure characteristics of EPS concrete based on CT-scanned structure modelling and cloud computing	21
Estimation of the fracture toughness of tungsten fibre-reinforced tungsten composites	21
Strain-rate dependent tensile behavior of railway wheel/rail steels with equivalent fatigue damage: Experiment and constitutive modeling	21
A meso-scale discrete element method framework to simulate thermo-mechanical failure of concrete subjected to elevated temperatures	21
A study of crack initiation and source mechanism in the Brazilian test based on moment tensor	21
A phase-field regularized cohesive zone model for quasi-brittle materials with spatially varying fracture properties	21
Study on damage evolution and constitutive model of sandstone under the coupled effects of wetting-drying cycles and cyclic loading	21