International Journal of Fracture

Papers
(The median citation count of International Journal of Fracture is 2. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Fracture toughness characterization of 3D-printed advanced structured specimens by digital image correlation36
Enhanced resistance of mode II fracture by nonlocal interactions in 2D locally resonant elastic wave metamaterials32
Transient heat conduction in the cracked medium by Guyer–Krumhansl model30
Influence of self-weight on size effect of quasi-brittle materials: generalized analytical formulation and application to the failure of irregular masonry arches28
Modelling of ductile fracture considering the effect of stress triaxiality and the energy partition theory in thin high-strength steel sheets27
Simulation of dynamic brittle and quasi-brittle fracture: a revisited local damage approach27
Investigation on the dynamic fracture behavior of A508-III steel based on Johnson–Cook model25
Study on the whole dynamical fracture process of sandstone samples23
Isogeometric multilayer thin-shell analysis of failure in composite structures with hygrothermal effects23
Crack growth behavior of U71MnG rail steel under overload conditions described using a dislocation correction model22
Improved cohesive zone model: integrating strain rate, plastic strain, variable damping, and enhanced constitutive law for fracture propagation15
Energy release rate of a mode-I crack in pure shear specimens subjected to large deformation15
Interaction of crack and hole: effects on crack trajectory, crack driving force and fracture toughness15
Incremental closure method to estimate changes in contact stress distributions for partially closed fatigue cracks in mode I loading15
Adaptive method for phase-field fracture using a volume weighted Quickselect algorithm15
Revisiting facet nucleation under mixed mode I + III loading with T-stress and mode-dependent fracture properties14
A phase-field approach to pneumatic fracture with anisotropic crack resistance14
Gradient damage model for ductile fracture introducing degradation of damage hardening modulus: implementation and experimental investigations13
Theoretical and experimental studies of spring-buffer chip peeling technology for electronics packaging13
Correction to: Fatigue fracture characterization by cyclic material forces in viscoelastic solids at small strain13
Experimental determination of 3D crack propagation scenario in resistance spot welds of a martensitic stainless steel13
A non-iterative parameter identification procedure for the non-local Gurson–Tvergaard–Needleman model based on standardized experiments13
Enhanced solid element model with embedded strong discontinuity for representation of mesoscale quasi-brittle failure12
Theoretical analysis of self-similar crack propagation along viscoelastic and elasto–viscoplastic interface in a double cantilever beam test12
Identifying simple shear in plane stress states12
An auxiliary crack approach for efficient approximative crack tip loading analyses12
The revisited phase-field approach to brittle fracture: application to indentation and notch problems11
Crack roughness of high-speed fracture in brittle single crystalline material11
Evolution and control technology of energy aggregation and dissipation of a high hard roof during breakage and destabilization10
Material informatics and impact of multicollinearity on regression model for fatigue strength of steel10
Interpreting test temperature and loading rate effects on the fracture toughness of polymer-metal interfaces via time–temperature superposition10
Assessing complex protein-solvent interactions using environment-controlled crack-growth experiments10
The study on the high cycle fatigue performance and life prediction of Ti–6Al–4V alloy fabricated by laser engineered net shaping10
Wave interactions and fracture evolution in a thin glass plate under impact: a combined experimental and peridynamic analysis10
A dynamic coupling model of peridynamics and finite elements for progressive damage analysis10
Applications of a micro-structured brittle damage model to laboratory tests on rocks10
Editorial: Fracture of soft materials9
The essential work of fracture in peridynamics9
Experimental fracture mechanics analysis of tearing in oriented polyethylene films using digital image correlation and full-field solid mechanics post-processing9
Strain based finite fracture mechanics for fatigue life prediction of additively manufactured samples8
A theory of viscoelastic crack growth: revisited8
The adaptive coupling of dual-horizon peridynamic element and finite element for the progressive failure of materials8
Numerical prediction of fatigue crack growth based on cumulative plastic strain versus experimental results for AA6082-T68
Effects of diffusion and primary creep on intergranular cavitation at high temperatures8
Characteristics of crack growth in brittle solids with the effects of material heterogeneity and multi-crack interaction8
An energy-based analytical model for adhesively bonded stepped and simple-lap joined CFRP laminates8
Electrical and mechanical behaviour of metal thin films with deformation-induced cracks predicted by computational homogenisation8
Discrete crack mechanics of disk compression for measurement of low fracture toughness7
A coupled axisymmetric peridynamics with correspondence material model for thermoplastic and ductile fracture problems7
Evaluating the validity of the cohesive zone model in mixed mode I + III fracture of Al-alloy 2024-T3 adhesive joints using DBM-DCB tests7
Contact problem of two punches in an elastic coating attached to a porous material7
Three-dimensional constraint-based void-growth model for high temperature hydrogen attack7
Tearing a neo-Hookean sheet. Part II: asymptotic analysis for crack tip fields7
Enhanced fracture toughness of additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V ELI7
The tearing energy threshold of crack growth in rubber exposed to ozone: an experimental–numerical approach7
A semi-empirical model for fracture energy evaluation of a Ni2MnGa magnetic shape memory alloy7
A variational formulation of Griffith phase-field fracture with material strength7
Multi-adaptive spatial discretization of bond-based peridynamics6
Publisher Correction: Articles incorrectly assigned to Volume 250, Issue 16
Miniature impact test technique to evaluate the orientation dependence of impact toughness of hydrided Zr–2.5%Nb alloy6
Fatigue life prediction method based on polynomial chaotic expansion and Weibull distribution6
The effects of the microstructural characteristics of Fe–0.33C–1.2Mn–xNb–xMo steels on hydrogen embrittlement fracture6
The role of β-phase on crack nucleation and propagation in dual phase zirconium polycrystals: a crystal plasticity finite element modeling6
X-ray microtomography investigation of damage fields ahead of cracks in CT and SENT C-Mn steel samples6
Finite element modeling of the distribution of hydrogen atoms at a dent on pipelines for hydrogen transport under cyclic loading6
3D characterization of kinematic fields and poroelastic swelling near the tip of a propagating crack in a hydrogel6
A smeared crack modeling framework accommodating multi-directional fracture at finite strains6
A 3D numerical study of mixed-mode (I and II) stationary notch tip fields in shape memory alloys6
Changes in bone’s micromechanical properties caused by fatigue fracture6
A node-splitting lattice spring model coupled with a J-integral formulation as a fracture criterion5
Energetically motivated crack orientation vector for phase-field fracture with a directional split5
Damage evolution in unfilled EPDM during various types of repeated hydrogen high-pressure cycles5
Hydrogen embrittlement characteristics of the hot- and cold-stamped 22MnB5 steel5
Introduction to the special issue on structural integrity5
Multi-phase-field approach to fracture demonstrating the role of solid-solid interface energy on crack propagation5
Crack tip shielding and size effect related to parallel edge cracks under uniaxial tensile loading5
The systematic nature of regularization error in phase field modeling: implications for crack nucleation and propagation5
Length scales in the tear resistance of soft tissues and elastomers: a comparative study based on computational models5
Experimental investigation of the alternate recurrence of quasi-static and dynamic crack propagation in PMMA5
Influence of post-heat treatment with super β transus temperature on the fatigue behaviour of LPBF processed Ti6Al4V5
Calculating energy release rates of MD non-symmetric laminate MMELS and C-ELS specimens5
A two-dimensional non-ordinary state-based peridynamic model based on three-body potential for elastic brittle fracture analysis5
Fatigue fracture characterization by cyclic material forces in viscoelastic solids at small strain5
The strain gradient viscoelasticity full field solution of mode-III crack problem5
Mode-I J-integral via peridynamic stresses4
Heterogeneous fracture toughness of human cortical bone tissue4
Accurate predictions of dynamic fracture in perforated plates4
Fracture mechanics based residual life prediction of railway heavy coupler with measured load spectrum4
Interpretable crack features for the representation of kinematic fields in the case of fatigue overloads4
Cohesive behavior of single crystalline silicon carbide scribing by nanosecond laser4
A new analytical model to predict the formation of necking instabilities in porous plates subjected to dynamic biaxial loading4
A thin-film-covered mode III crack with dislocation-free zones4
Peridynamic model for chloride diffusion–reaction in concrete reflecting mesostructure characteristic4
On crack nucleation and propagation in elastomers: I. In situ optical and X-ray experimental observations4
Adaptive virtual element method with RCP for mixed-mode fracture analysis of marble rocks using GMTS criterion4
An investigation of crack propagation in porous quasi-brittle structures using isogeometric analysis and higher-order phase-field theory4
Effect of notch root radius on apparent fracture toughness of Ti6Al4V alloy: experiments and simulations4
Temperature dependence of mode I fracture behaviour of a textured magnesium alloy4
Introduction to the special issue on nonlocal models in fracture and damage4
Effect of atomistic modeling parameters on the simulation of fracture in graphene4
Fracture surface formation of notched 2017A-T4 aluminium alloy under bending fatigue4
Mode-II interlaminar fracture of composite materials in the presence of randomly distributed defects4
Effect of heat treatments and loading orientation on the tensile properties and fracture toughness of AlSi7Mg alloy produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion4
Simulation of ductile failure of a notched-tension specimen of 3D printed 316L stainless steel4
Finite element simulation of rate-dependent damage in elastomers4
Variational approach to viscoelastic fracture: comparison of a phase-field and a lip-field approach4
Crack initiation and propagation analysis for fisheye failures in high-strength gears4
Study of the mixed tensile-shear ductile fracture of impulsively loaded metal plates by developing a phase-field fracture model with stress triaxiality and Lode parameter dependence4
Experimental analysis of the extension to shear fracture transition in a rock analogue material using digital image correlation method4
Propagation mechanism of the hydraulic fracture in layered-fractured-plastic formations3
Correction to: Experimental investigation of the alternate recurrence of quasi-static and dynamic crack propagation in PMMA3
The effect of constituent particles on the tear resistance of three 6000-series aluminium alloys3
Stress intensity factor determination along a kinked crack path by DIC analyses3
Tension-softening constitutive relation and numerical simulation method for mode I fatigue crack propagation in concrete3
Machine learning assisted detection and localization of mechanical discontinuity3
Analysis of 3D crack patterns in a free plate caused by thermal shock using FEM-bifurcation3
The effect of crack orientation on the mode I fracture resistance of pinewood3
A fatigue model under Cosserat peridynamic framework for concrete fatigue cracking3
A SPH-based numerical study of the crack arrest behaviour of rubber toughened PMMA under impact loading3
Three dimensional effects on mode I notch tip fields in a textured Magnesium alloy3
Comparison of the phase-field approach and cohesive element modeling to analyze the double cleavage drilled compression fracture test of an elastoplastic material3
Phase field approach for managing multi-fragment interactions in load-bearing fractured media3
The delayed fracture test for viscoelastic elastomers3
Test parameter sensitivity of the Lake-Yeoh cutting method for measurement of intrinsic strength of rubber3
A phase-field-cohesive-zone framework to simulate multiple failure mechanisms of elastoplastic fiber-reinforced composites3
Three-dimensional crack tip constraint of shallow cracks in tension and bending3
Identifying crack tip position and stress intensity factors from displacement data3
Peridynamics based model of anticrack-type fracture in brittle foams3
In-situ dwell-fatigue fracture experiment and CPFE simulation of SLM AlSi10Mg alloy at high temperature3
Prestress-mediated damage strength of lattice metamaterials and its optimization3
Introduction to the special issue on failure mechanism in advanced materials and structures3
Size-dependency and lattice-discreetness effect on fracture toughness in 2D crystals under antiplanar loading2
Multiple cracking of amorphous films on ductile substrates2
Understanding regularized crack initiation through the lens of finite fracture mechanics2
Preface to the special issue: structural integrity2
Phase field modeling of anisotropic silicon crystalline cracking in 3D thin-walled photovoltaic laminates2
Tearing a neo-Hookean sheet. Part I: insights into the crack tip fields by a phase field damage model2
Ductile tearing of aluminium plates: experiments and modelling2
A robust 3D crack growth method based on the eXtended Finite Element Method and the Fast Marching Method2
Phase-field modeling of fracture via homogenization2
Approximate analytical solutions for the energy release rate of planar cracks in constrained elastic thin layers2
Modelling fracture due to corrosion and mechanical loading in reinforced concrete2
Elastic-plastic crack-tip field in hydride forming metals under hydrogen chemical equilibrium2
Elastic crack-tip field in hydride forming metals under hydrogen chemical equilibrium2
Selective unidirectional median crack propagation in glass achieved by mechanical scribing2
Deep laser melting as controlled fragmentation method for multi-purpose projectiles2
Uncertainty quantification in fatigue crack-growth predictions2
Assessing the fracture toughness of Zircaloy-4 fuel rod cladding tubes: impact of delayed hydride cracking2
Correction to: Crack growth in viscoelastic media with large strains: further results and validation of nonlinear theory for rubber2
Calibration of cohesive parameters for fracture test simulations of sub-sized bend specimens of AM steels2
3D characterisation of hydrogen environmentally assisted cracking during static loading of AA7449-T76512
Numerical analysis of glass edge chipping by impact loading2
Fatigue crack growth of WC–Co cemented carbides: a comparative study using small indentation flaws and long through-thickness cracks2
Effect of anodization and loading on fatigue life of 2618-T851 aluminum alloy2
Effect of pores on the stress field of high-frequency vibration of TC17 specimen manufactured by laser additive2
A predictor for fatigue crack nucleation of single-network hydrogels considering water diffusion effect2
Numerical prediction of ductile fracture during the partial heating roll forming process of DP9802
On the use of digital image correlation for translaminar fracture of off-axis composite2
Interfaces in dynamic brittle fracture of PMMA: a peridynamic analysis2
Lengthscale effects in optical strain measurement for fracture characterization in simple shear2
The influence of crack tip dislocation emission on the fracture toughness2
Small-scale domain switching near sharp piezoelectric bi-material notches2
Crack propagation behavior in the stacked $${{\varvec{TaC}}}$$–$${{\varvec{Gr}}}$$ core–shell composites2
Predicting free edge delamination induced by thermal loading using finite fracture mechanics2
Configurational force based analysis of creep crack growth2
High-velocity fragmentation of titanium alloy rings and cylinders produced using Field-Assisted Sintering Technology2
Weakly singular BIE-based procedure for T-stress analysis of cracks in 3D anisotropic linear elastic finite media2
Void growth and coalescence in sigmoidal hardening porous plastic solids under tensile and shear loading2
Effect of collagen damage induced by heat treatment on the mixed-mode fracture behavior of bovine cortical bone under elevated loading rates2
Role of defects on the high cycle fatigue behavior of selective laser melted Al–Mg–Sc–Zr alloy2
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