OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics is 40. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Investigating the effects of hydrogen trapping on hydrogen environment-assisted cracking of vanadium-added steels	103
A direct crack sizing approach from DIC strain analyses under elasto-plastic and dynamic conditions	100
Mechanisms and models of oxygen-assisted fatigue crack propagation at high temperature: A review	84
Influence of crack initiation competition and interaction of cross flaw on the dynamic fracture behavior of granite under biaxial compression	81
Insights on kinked cracks under mode III	80
Further investigation of J-CTOD relationship for clamped SET specimens based on finite element analyses – Part I: Homogeneous materials	78
Applying the new experimental midpoint concept on strain energy density for fracture assessment of composite materials	71
Solutions of crack constraint parameter in 3D models − I: Through curve shape similarity	69
Isogeometric boundary element method for isotropic damage elastic mechanical problems	65
Several cracks in an orthotropic hollow cylinder coated by an MEE layer under torsion	64
Mode I delamination R-curve in poplar laminated veneer lumber	63
Experimental characterization on fracture behavior of UHPMC under small-scale sample tensile testing: Acoustic emission monitoring and digital image correlation	62
Fracture assessment of blunt V-notched 3D-printed ABS: Proposing a new specimen for testing and different criteria for prediction	58
Experimental investigation on the effect of preexisting orthogonal cross flaws on cracking behaviors and acoustic emission characteristics of red sandstone	58
A customized shear traction separation law for cohesive zone modelling of creep loaded ENF adhesive joints	56
3D-generalized maximum tangential strain criterion for predicting mixed-mode I/II/III fracture initiation of brittle materials considering T-stress effects	54
Assessment of crack-tip fields of thermo-mechanical elastoplastic fatigue crack growth	54
A smeared-crack-based field-enriched finite element method for simulating cracking in quasi-brittle materials	53
Dynamic mechanical response and damage constitutive model of end-jointed rock bridge with different water content states under impact load	53
Predicting sulfide stress cracking in a sour environment: A phase-field finite element study	52
Simulation of fracture behavior in seawater and sea-sand mixed recycled coarse aggregate concrete under three-point bending	51
An investigation on the crack growth in aluminum alloy 7075-T6 under cyclic mechanical and thermal loads	50
A mixed-mode dependent interface and phase-field damage model for solids with inhomogeneities	49
A novel very-high-cycle-fatigue life prediction model with interior microstructure induced cracking behavior of Inconel-713C superalloy at 25 °C, 750 °C and 1000 °C	47
Stress intensity factor by combined perturbation method and universal weight functions	46

The investigation of reasonable range of initial load of low-cycle fatigue cropping for notched bars	45
Global energy release rate of small penny-shaped cracks in hyperelastic materials under general stress conditions	44
Numerical frameworks for fretting fatigue life analysis: Modeling, validation and experimental comparison	44
Effects of temperature on tensile and fracture performance of Ti6Al4V alloy fabricated by laser powder bed fusion	44
Crack detection in l-shaped aluminum plate via electromagnetic ultrasonic measurements	44
Evaluation of fracture behavior of Yellow River ice based on three-point bending test and PSO-BP model	43
Measurement of the interfacial strain energy release rate of adhesively bonded structures with metallic substrates before and after water ageing	43
Extension of the peak stress method to estimate the fatigue limit of welded joints by means of the cyclic R-curve method	43
Composition optimization of PMMA base denture reinforced with different percentages of Nano Hydroxyapatite and alumina particles to obtain highest KIc and KIIc values using hybrid IWO/PSO algorithm	42
Quantitative analysis of the correlation between geometric parameters of pits and stress concentration factors for a plate subject to uniaxial tensile stress	42
Thermoplastic fracture characteristics of granite suffering thermal shocks	42
The effect of plasma treatment on the mode II interlaminar fracture toughness of Glass/Epoxy laminates	41
Analysis of stop-hole effects on mode I-II fatigue crack behavior for Q420 steel using experiments, FEM and variable length RNN approaches	41
Ultra-low cycle fatigue (ULCF) in fibre-reinforced concrete beams	41
Effect of SCB specimen size on mode I fracture parameters of asphalt concrete at low and intermediate temperatures	40