Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics

Article	Citations
Transfer learning enhanced physics informed neural network for phase-field modeling of fracture	307
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	147
High cycle fatigue behavior and life prediction for additively manufactured 17-4 PH stainless steel: Effect of sub-surface porosity and surface roughness	113
Fracture behaviour of central-flawed rock plate under uniaxial compression	104
Comprehensive implementations of phase-field damage models in Abaqus	98
Investigation on the effect of freeze-thaw on fracture mode classification in marble subjected to multi-level cyclic loads	89
Strength and failure characteristics of jointed rock mass with double circular holes under uniaxial compression: Insights from discrete element method modelling	79
Analysis of the effect of surface roughness on fatigue performance of powder bed fusion additive manufactured metals	78
Cracking behavior of rock containing non-persistent joints with various joints inclinations	75
Mechanical and fracture properties of geopolymer concrete with basalt fiber using digital image correlation	72
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	65
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	62
A hybrid PSO and Grey Wolf Optimization algorithm for static and dynamic crack identification	60
A micropolar peridynamic model with non-uniform horizon for static damage of solids considering different nonlocal enhancements	60
A phase field approach for ductile fracture of short fibre reinforced composites	60
Mechanical properties and crack evolution of double-layer composite rock-like specimens with two parallel fissures under uniaxial compression	58
Experimental and numerical study on the interaction between holes and fissures in rock-like materials under uniaxial compression	58
Investigation of mechanical and fracture properties of wire and arc additively manufactured low carbon steel components	58
Influence of basalt fiber on mode I and II fracture properties of asphalt mixture at medium and low temperatures	58
Mechanical behavior and failure analysis of fracture-filled gneissic granite	56
Effects of the lining structure on mechanical and fracturing behaviors of four-arc shaped tunnels in a jointed rock mass under uniaxial compression	55
Crack nucleation in brittle and quasi-brittle materials: A peridynamic analysis	51
Fracture behavior of additively manufactured components: A review	51

Defects as a root cause of fatigue weakening of additively manufactured AlSi10Mg components	51
Low temperature fracture resistance of cement emulsified asphalt mortar under mixed mode I/III loading	50
Effect of thermal shock on the strength and fracture behavior of pre-flawed granite specimens under uniaxial compression	49
Effects of pre-existing single crack angle on mechanical behaviors and energy storage characteristics of red sandstone under uniaxial compression	49
Phase field method for quasi-static hydro-fracture in porous media under stress boundary condition considering the effect of initial stress field	49
Applications of phase field fracture in modelling hydrogen assisted failures	48
Effects of bedding planes on fracture behavior of sandstone under semi-circular bending test	48
Experimental and numerical investigation of mortar and ITZ parameters in meso-scale models of concrete	47
Investigation on fracture behaviors and damage evolution modeling of freeze-thawed marble subjected to increasing- amplitude cyclic loads	47
Analytical stress solution and mechanical properties for rock mass containing a hole with complex shape	47
Cracking and deformation of cuboidal sandstone with a single nonpenetrating flaw under uniaxial compression	46
Surface roughness effect of SLM and EBM Ti-6Al-4V on multiaxial high cycle fatigue	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
Numerical analysis of mixed-mode fatigue crack growth of adhesive joints using CZM	44
Comparative study on fracture characteristics of coal and rock samples based on acoustic emission technology	44
Fracture studies of 3D-printed continuous glass fiber reinforced composites	44
Mode I and II fracture toughness investigation of Laser-Sintered Polyamide	41
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	40
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	40
On the anisotropy of shear fracture toughness in rocks	39
Modes I and II stress intensity factors of semi-circular bend specimen computed for two-phase aggregate/mastic asphalt mixtures	38
Determination of the fracture parameters of steel fiber-reinforced geopolymer concrete	38
A microscale model for concrete failure in poro-elasto-plastic media	38
An investigation about debonding mechanisms in FRP-strengthened RC structural elements by using a cohesive/volumetric modeling technique	37
Phase-field cohesive zone modeling of multi-physical fracture in solids and the open-source implementation in Comsol Multiphysics	37
Assessment of freezing and thawing cycle (FTC) effects on mixed mode I/III fracture toughness and work of fracture of HMA asphalt mixtures	37
Mechanical behaviour of a jointed rock mass with a circular hole under compression-shear loading: Experimental and numerical studies	37
From S-N to the Paris law with a new mixed-mode cohesive fatigue model for delamination in composites	36
Experimental study on the dynamic fracture mechanical properties of limestone after chemical corrosion	36
Determining concrete fracture parameters using three-point bending beams with various specimen spans	35
Mechanical characteristics of single cracked limestone in compression-shear fracture under hydro-mechanical coupling	35
Evaluation of fracture resistance of asphalt concrete involving Calcium Lignosulfonate and Polyester fiber under freeze–thaw damage	35
Experimental and numerical simulation study of crack coalescence modes and microcrack propagation law of fissured sandstone under uniaxial compression	35
On the directional dependency of Mode I fracture toughness in anisotropic rocks	35
Experimental and DEM study on failure behavior and stress distribution of flawed sandstone specimens under uniaxial compression	34
Stress gradient effect in metal fatigue: Review and solutions	34
Evaluation of the geometrical discontinuity effect on mixed-mode I/II fracture load of FDM 3D-printed parts	33
Local stress distribution and evolution surrounding flaw and opening within rock block under uniaxial compression	33
Influence of mode mixity and loading rate on the fracture behaviour of crash resistant adhesives	32
Effects of building direction and defect sensitivity on the fatigue behavior of additively manufactured H13 tool steel	32
Crack propagation under thermo-mechanical loadings based on moving mesh strategy	32
Experimental and numerical fracture analysis of the plain and polyvinyl alcohol fiber-reinforced ultra-high-performance concrete structures	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
Investigation of dynamic fracture properties of multi-crack tunnel samples under impact loads	31
Fatigue behaviour and constitutive model of yellow sandstone containing pre-existing surface crack under uniaxial cyclic loading	31
Cracking behaviors and chaotic characteristics of sandstone with unfilled and filled dentate flaw	31
Crack propagation process and acoustic emission characteristics of rock-like specimens with double parallel flaws under uniaxial compression	31
Effect of wetting–drying cycles on mode I and mode II fracture toughness of cement mortar and concrete	30
Fracture failure analysis of freeze–thawed granite containing natural fracture under uniaxial multi-level cyclic loads	30

Investigation on crack initiation and propagation in hydraulic fracturing of bedded shale by hybrid phase-field modeling	29
Fracture failure analysis of elliptical hole bored granodiorite rocks under impact loads	29
Fracture mechanics analysis of bimaterial interface cracks using the generalized finite difference method	29
Effect of bitumen type, temperature and aging on mixed I/II fracture toughness of asphalt binders-experimental and theoretical assessment	29
Tensile mode fracture toughness experiments on andesite rock using disc and semi-disc bend geometries with varying loading spans	29
A coupling model of XFEM/peridynamics for 2D dynamic crack propagation and branching problems	29
Peridynamic simulation of crack propagation of non-homogeneous brittle rock-like materials	28
Mode II fracture tests on asphalt concrete at different temperatures using semi-circular bend specimen loaded by various types of supports	28
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	28
Evaluation of fracture behavior of modified Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) under modes I and II at low and intermediate temperatures	28
Numerical simulation of fatigue crack growth based on accumulated plastic strain	28
Investigation of internal step and metal part reinforcement on joint strength in the adhesively bonded joint: Experimental and numerical analysis	27
The fracture behavior and microstructure of calcium aluminate cement concrete with various water-cement ratios	27
Deterioration of dynamic fracture characteristics, tensile strength and elastic modulus of tight sandstone under dry-wet cycles	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
Comprehensive data for stress intensity factor and critical crack length in chevron notched semi-circular bend specimen subjected to tensile type fracture mode	26
Mode I and mode II fracture toughness and fracture energy of cement concrete containing different percentages of coarse and fine recycled tire rubber granules	26
Fracture toughness parameters to assess crack healing capacity of fiber reinforced concrete under repeated cracking-healing cycles	26
Prediction of static and low-cycle durability of porous cellular structures with positive and negative Poisson's ratios	26
Damage detection in girder bridges using modal curvatures gapped smoothing method and Convolutional Neural Network: Application to Bo Nghi bridge	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
Fracture properties of slag-based alkali-activated seawater coral aggregate concrete	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
Mixed mode fracture parameters and fracture characteristics of diorite using cracked straight through Brazilian disc specimen	26
Influence of heat treatment-induced residual stress on residual fatigue life of railway axles	26
Experimental and computational investigation on dynamic fracture toughness (J) behavior of multi-pass SMA armor steel weldments	25
Analysis of notch effect in the fracture behaviour of additively manufactured PLA and graphene reinforced PLA	25
Modeling strong/weak discontinuities by local mesh refinement variable-node XFEM with object-oriented implementation	25
Comparative study of phase-field damage models for hydrogen assisted cracking	25
Experimental study on uniaxial compression failure modes and acoustic emission characteristics of fissured sandstone under water saturation	25
Effect of polypropylene fibers on the mode I, mode II, and mixed-mode fracture toughness and crack propagation in fiber-reinforced concrete	25
Concrete fracture considering aggregate grading	25
A phase-field study of crack propagation and branching in functionally graded materials using explicit dynamics	25
Modeling and studies of fracture in functionally graded materials under thermal shock loading using peridynamics	25
A review of mixed mode I-II fracture criteria and their applications in brittle or quasi-brittle fracture analysis	25
On the elastic and mixed-mode fracture properties of PVC foam	25
Fracture behavior of multi-scale nano-SiO2 and polyvinyl alcohol fiber reinforced cementitious composites under the complex environments	25
Influence of lithology and bedding orientation on failure behavior of “D” shaped tunnel	24
Influence of raster orientation on the determination of fracture properties of polypropylene thin components produced by additive manufacturing	24
Peridynamic investigation of the effect of porosity on fatigue nucleation for additively manufactured titanium alloy Ti6Al4V	24
Crack tip asymptotic field and K-dominant region for anisotropic semi-circular bend specimen	24
Investigation of concrete cracking phenomena by using cohesive fracture-based techniques: A comparison between an embedded crack model and a refined diffuse interface model	24
Prediction of fatigue crack growth rate in aircraft aluminum alloys using optimized neural networks	24
Toughness or strength? Regularization in phase-field fracture explained by the coupled criterion	24
A cohesive zone based DE/FE coupling approach for interfacial debonding analysis of laminated glass	24
Simple and effective approach to modeling crack propagation in the framework of extended finite element method	24
Mechanisms of fatigue crack growth in Ti-6Al-4V alloy subjected to single overloads	24
Investigation on model-I fracture toughness of sandstone with the structure of typical bedding inclination angles subjected to three-point bending	24
An experimental study on failure mechanical behavior and cracking mechanism of rectangular solid sandstone containing two non-coplanar fissures under conventional triaxial compression	24
Experimental and numerical investigation of fatigue crack growth behavior and optimizing fatigue life of riveted joints in Al-alloy 2024 plates	24
Experimental study on the dynamic behavior of sandstone with coplanar elliptical flaws from macro, meso, and micro viewpoints	23
An overview of implicit and explicit phase field models for quasi-static failure processes, implementation and computational efficiency	23
DIC-based structural strain approach for low-cycle fatigue assessment of AA 5083 welded joints	23
Experimental and numerical studies of brittle rock-like specimens with unfilled cross fissures under uniaxial compression	23
Evaluation of low and intermediate temperatures fracture indices for modified Warm mix asphalt (WMA) using edge notched disc bend (ENDB) specimen	23
Fatigue life prediction of cast aluminum alloy based on porosity characteristics	23
The fracture load analysis of different support patches in adhesively bonded single-lap joints	23
Crack propagation in quasi-brittle materials by fourth-order phase-field cohesive zone model	23
Shear behavior and acoustic emission characteristics of en-echelon joints under constant normal stiffness conditions	23
Cohesive zone modeling of I–II mixed mode fracture behaviors of hot mix asphalt based on the semi-circular bending test	22
Temporal dominant frequency evolution characteristics during the fracture process of flawed red sandstone	22
Fracture and structural performance of adhesively bonded 3D-printed PETG single lap joints under different printing parameters	22
Deformation damage and acoustic emission characteristics of red sandstone under fatigue–creep interaction	22
Evaluation of fracture energy, toughness, brittleness, and fracture process zone properties for lightweight concrete exposed to high temperatures	22
A review on theory and application of plastic meso-damage mechanics	22
Fatigue damage model of concrete materials	22
Residual stress as a fracture toughening mechanism: A Phase-Field study on a brittle material	22
Evolution of tensile and shear cracking in crystalline rocks under compression	22
Prediction of the influence of loading rate and sugarcane leaves concentration on fracture toughness of sugarcane leaves and epoxy composite using artificial intelligence	21
A SIMP-phase field topology optimization framework to maximize quasi-brittle fracture resistance of 2D and 3D composites	21
Crack tip asymptotic field coefficients analyses based on extended finite element method using over-deterministic displacement field fitting method	21
A systematic 3D simulation method for geomaterials with block inclusions from image recognition to fracturing modelling	21
Thermal fracture analysis in orthotropic materials by XFEM	21
Experimental investigation on the mixed-mode fracture behavior of rock-like material with bedding plane	21
Experimental study of the mechanical and fracture behavior of flawed sandstone subjected to coupled static-repetitive impact loading	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
Micromechanisms of coal fracture: Insights from quantitative AE technique	21
Correlation between real geometry and tensile mechanical behaviour for Ti6Al4V electron beam melted thin specimens	21

An experimental investigation on FPZ evolution of concrete at different low temperatures by means of 3D-DIC	21
An online model-based fatigue life prediction approach using extended Kalman filter	20
Investigation on crack evolution behaviors and mechanism on rock-like specimen with two circular-holes under compression	20
Mechanical behaviour of fracture-filled rock-like specimens under compression-shear loads: An experimental and numerical study	20
Experimental investigation of plane shear fracture characteristics of sandstone after cyclic freeze–thaw treatments	20
The fracture load analysis of different material thickness in adhesively bonded joints subjected to fully reversed bending fatigue load	20
Notch fatigue performance of DP600 steel under different pre-straining paths	20
Effects of 2D&3D nonparallel flaws on failure characteristics of brittle rock-like samples under uniaxial compression: Insights from acoustic emission and DIC monitoring	20
Photoelastic evaluation of stress fields and notch stress intensity factors for blunt V-notches	20
Effect of temperature on mixed mode I/III fracture behavior of diorite: An experimental investigation	20
Extended finite element simulation on Tensile, fracture toughness and fatigue crack growth behaviour of additively manufactured Ti6Al4V alloy	20
Peridynamic modeling with energy-based surface correction for fracture simulation of random porous materials	20
Investigation of hydraulic fracture branching in porous media with a hybrid finite element and peridynamic approach	20
Microstructural damage and fracture mechanisms of selective laser melted Al-Si alloys under fatigue loading	20
Irreversible cyclic cohesive zone model for prediction of mode I fatigue crack growth in CFRP-strengthened steel plates	20
Damage characteristics and laws of micro-crack of underwater electric pulse fracturing coal-rock mass	20
Crack propagation mechanism in rock-like specimens containing intermittent flaws under shear loading	20
Buckling analysis of cracked orthotropic 3D plates and shells via an isogeometric-reproducing kernel particle method	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
Analysis on damage evolution and corrosion fatigue performance of high-strength steel wire for bridge cable: Experiments and numerical simulation	19
In-situ strength effects in long fibre reinforced composites: A micro-mechanical analysis using the phase field approach of fracture	19
Durability of mortars modified with the addition of amorphous aluminum silicate and silica fume	19
AFM, SEM AND TEM study of damage mechanisms in cyclically strained mar-M247 at room temperature and high temperatures	19
Experimental research on the mechanical and acoustic emission properties of layered sandstone during tensile failure	19
Effect of loading rate on mixed mode I-II crack propagation in concrete	19
Investigating the effect of printing speed and mode mixity on the fracture behavior of FDM-ABS specimens	19
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	19
Dynamic mechanical properties and cracking behaviours of persistent fractured granite under impact loading with various loading rates	19
Investigation of the fracture characteristics of granite and green sandstone under different thermal treatments	19
Assessment of mode I fracture of rock-type sharp V-notched samples considering the size effect	19
Numerical insights into the effect of ITZ and aggregate strength on concrete properties	19
A suitable mixed mode I/II test specimen for fracture toughness study of polyurethane foam with different cell densities	19
Acoustic emission and failure characteristics of cracked rock under freezing-thawing and shearing	19
Fractal fracture toughness measurements of heat-treated granite using hydraulic fracturing under different injection flow rates	19
Crack growth modeling and simulation of a peridynamic fatigue model based on numerical and analytical solution approaches	19
Crack initiation and failure development in bimrocks using digital image correlation under dynamic load	18
A new cohesive law for the simulation of crack propagation under cyclic loading. Application to steel- and concrete-FRP bonded interface	18
Experimental investigation on mixed mode I-III fracture characteristics of sandstone corroded by periodic acid solution	18
A new integral equation method for calculating interacting stress intensity factor of multiple crack-hole problem	18
Influence of laser peening on the high-temperature fatigue life and fracture of Inconel 718 nickel-based alloy	18
Microstructure-sensitive estimation of fatigue life using cyclic thermodynamic entropy as an index for metals	18
Coupling of peridynamics with finite elements for brittle crack propagation problems	18
Fracture initiation under pure shear revisited: Remarks on the mode II fracture in quasi-brittle materials	18
Numerical modelling of a chiral auxetic cellular structure under multiaxial loading conditions	18
Rock fracture with statistical determination of fictitious crack growth	18
Compressive intralaminar fracture toughness and residual strength of 2D woven carbon fibre reinforced composites: New developments on using the size effect method	18
Simulation of hydrogen permeation through pure iron for trapping and surface phenomena characterisation	18
Progressive failure characteristics and energy accumulation of granite with a pre-fabricated fracture during conventional triaxial loading	18
Damage patterns in float glass plates: Experiments and peridynamics analysis	18
On the fracture mechanism of rock-like materials with interbedded hard-soft layers under Brazilian tests	18
Plastic strain localization induced by microstructural gradient in laser cladding repaired structures	18
Peridynamics modeling and simulation of meso-scale fracture in recycled coarse aggregate (RCA) concretes	18
Experiment and numerical simulation on cracking behavior of marble containing double elliptic holes under uniaxial compression	18
Stress concentration around an elliptical hole in a large rectangular plate subjected to linearly varying in-plane loading on two opposite edges	18
Multi-scale lattice method for mesoscopic crack growth simulation of concrete structures	18
Effect of creep load on fatigue behavior and acoustic emission characteristics of sandstone containing pre-existing crack during fatigue loading	17
Acoustic emission characteristics and failure mode analysis of rock failure under complex stress state	17
A proposal on ultra-low cycle fatigue damage evaluation of structural steels	17
Experimental investigation of mixed mode I-II fracture property of thermally treated granite under dynamic loading	17
Experimental investigation on damage characteristics and fracture behaviors of granite after high temperature exposure under different strain rates	17
Failure characteristics and meso-deterioration mechanism of pre-stressed coal subjected to different dynamic loads	17
Experimental investigation on mechanical properties and failure mechanism of rock-like specimens containing an arc-shaped ice-filled flaw under uniaxial compression	17
Multi-scale numerical simulation of fracture behavior of nickel-aluminum alloy by coupled molecular dynamics and cohesive finite element method (CFEM)	17
Multiaxial fatigue assessment of steels with non-metallic inclusions by means of adapted critical plane criteria	17
Prediction of interlaminar fatigue damages in adhesively bonded joints using mixed-mode strain based cohesive zone modeling	17
A comprehensive review of fatigue behavior of laser shock peened metallic materials	17
Influence of chlorides on the fracture toughness and fracture resistance under the mixed mode I/II of high-performance concrete	17
Experimental study on the quasi-static loading rate dependency of mixed-mode I/II fractures for marble rocks	17
Simulation of the crack width in reinforced concrete beams based on concrete fracture	17
Influence of chopped basalt fibers on the fracture performance of concrete subjected to calcium leaching	17
Experimental determination of mode I fracture parameters in orthotropic materials by means of Digital Image Correlation	17
An auto-adaptive sub-stepping algorithm for phase-field modeling of brittle fracture	17
Failure characteristics of coarse and fine sandstone containing two parallel fissures subjected to true triaxial stresses	17
Evaluation of SIFs for cracks under thermal impact based on Green-Naghdi theory	17
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	17
Modulating the damping capacity of SLMed AlSi10Mg trough stress-relieving thermal treatments	17
Experimental study on crack propagation and failure mode of fissured shale under uniaxial compression	17
An improved mesoscale damage model for quasi-brittle fracture analysis of concrete with ordinary state-based peridynamics	17
Evaluation of hydrogen trapping and diffusion in two cold worked CrMo(V) steel grades by means of the electrochemical hydrogen permeation technique	17
Experimental study on the impact disturbance damage of weakly cemented rock based on fractal characteristics and energy dissipation regulation	17
Evaluating stress intensity factors for surface cracks in an orthotropic steel deck accounting for the welding residual stresses	16
Three-dimensional fatigue crack closure numerical modelling: Crack growth scheme	16
Application of a micro-model for concrete to the simulation of crack propagation	16
Analysis of the failure process by using the Lattice Discrete Element Method in the Abaqus environment	16
Cohesive zone modeling of EAF slag-included asphalt mixtures in fracture modes I and II	16
Investigation on fatigue performance of adhesively bonded butt-joints and multiaxial life estimation using stress-based failure models	16
A comparison of crack propagation theories in viscoelastic materials	16
An experimental and theoretical investigation of time-dependent cracking and creep behavior of rocks under triaxial hydro-mechanical coupling	16
Experimental investigation of fracture toughness of nanoclay reinforced polymer concrete composite: Effect of specimen size and crack angle	16
Effect of double holes on crack propagation in PMMA plates under blasting load by caustics method	16
Dynamics fracture characteristics of cylindrically-bored granodiorite rocks under different hole size and initial stress state	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
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
Peridynamic modeling of delaminations in laminated composite beams using refined zigzag theory	16