OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Fracture is 6. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
A phase field modeling approach of cyclic fatigue crack growth	62
Recent advances on size effect in metal fatigue under defects: a review	38
Understanding the fracture mechanism of ring Brazilian disc specimens by the phase field method	31
The differences of damage initiation and accumulation of DP steels: a numerical and experimental analysis	28
Revisiting the third Sandia Fracture Challenge: a bond-associated, semi-Lagrangian peridynamic approach to modeling large deformation and ductile fracture	23
Fatigue fracture morphology of AISI H13 steel obtained by additive manufacturing	23
Crack channelling mechanisms in brittle coating systems under moisture or temperature gradients	21
Thermal cracking characteristics of high-temperature granite suffering from different cooling shocks	21
Nucleation under multi-axial loading in variational phase-field models of brittle fracture	20
Fracture characteristics of advanced high strength steels during hole expansion test	20
Fracture surface formation of notched 2017A-T4 aluminium alloy under bending fatigue	19
Hydrogen embrittlement resistance of pre-strained ultra-high-strength low alloy TRIP-aided steel	18
An efficient implementation of a phase field model for fatigue crack growth	17
Fatigue crack growth behaviour of wire and arc additively manufactured ER70S-6 low carbon steel components	16
Mechanisms controlling fracture toughness of additively manufactured stainless steel 316L	16
Viscoelastic phase-field fracture using the framework of representative crack elements	16
A study on the plasticity and fracture of the AISI 4340 steel alloy under different loading conditions and considering heat-treatment effects	15
Uncertainty quantification in fatigue crack-growth predictions	15
Adaptive modelling of dynamic brittle fracture - a combined phase field regularized cohesive zone model and scaled boundary finite element approach	13
Fatigue life prediction of notched components under size effect using stress gradient-based approach	13
Coupling a discrete twin model with cohesive elements to understand twin-induced fracture	13
Finite element simulation of ductile fracture in polycrystalline materials using a regularized porous crystal plasticity model	13
Asymptotic path-independent integrals for the evaluation of crack-tip parameters in a neo-Hookean material	13
On the experimental determination of the $$\mathcal {J}$$-curve of quasi-brittle composite materials	13
An in-depth investigation of critical stretch based failure criterion in ordinary state-based peridynamics	12

A void descriptor function to uniquely characterize pore networks and predict ductile-metal failure properties	12
Cohesive traction–separation relations for tearing of ductile plates with randomly distributed void nucleation sites	11
The revisited phase-field approach to brittle fracture: application to indentation and notch problems	11
Validation of a 3-D adaptive stable generalized/eXtended finite element method for mixed-mode brittle fracture propagation	11
Kinetic relations and local energy balance for LEFM from a nonlocal peridynamic model	10
Dynamic fracture in a semicrystalline biobased polymer: an analysis of the fracture surface	10
Experimental and theoretical characterization of mixed mode brittle failure from square holes	10
Tunneling cracks in arbitrary oriented off-axis lamina	10
A machine learning based sensitivity analysis of the GTN damage parameters for dynamic fracture propagation in X70 pipeline steel	9
Quasi-static anti-plane shear crack propagation in nonlinear strain-limiting elastic solids using phase-field approach	9
A new quadrature algorithm consisting of volume and integral domain corrections for two-dimensional peridynamic models	9
Variational fracture: twenty years after	9
Fatigue behaviour of laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) Ti–6Al–4V, Al–Si–Mg and stainless steels: a brief overview	9
Determination of fracture energy (mode I) in the inverse fiber metal laminates using experimental–numerical approach	9
Experimental full field analysis for dynamic fracture of elastomer membranes	9
Micromechanical damage behavior of fiber-reinforced composites under transverse loading including fiber-matrix debonding and matrix cracks	9
Bifurcation criterion and the origin of limit crack velocity in dynamic brittle fracture	8
Three-dimensional modeling of fracture in quasi-brittle materials using plasticity and cohesive finite elements	8
Structural integrity of shot peened Ti6Al4V specimens under fretting fatigue	8
Mode II fracture characterization of toughened epoxy resin composites	8
A particle interaction-based crack model using an improved smoothed particle hydrodynamics for fatigue crack growth simulations	8
Energy release rate of a single edge cracked specimen subjected to large deformation	8
Compressive-shear fracture model of the phase-field method coupled with a modified Hoek–Brown criterion	8
Mode I fatigue limit of notched structures: A deeper insight into Finite Fracture Mechanics	8
Analytical corrections for double-cantilever beam tests	8
A simplified modelling of hydraulic fractures in elasto-plastic materials	8
Beam network model for fracture of materials with hierarchical microstructure	8
Crack propagation in gradient nano-grained metals with extremely small grain size based on molecular dynamic simulations	7
Continuum damage modeling of dynamic crack velocity, branching, and energy dissipation in brittle materials	7
Investigation on crack propagation perpendicular to mortar–rock interface: experimental and numerical	7
Adaptive multi-scale beam lattice method for competitive trans-scale crack growth simulation of heterogeneous concrete-like materials	7
A theory of viscoelastic crack growth: revisited	7
Crack tip fields in anisotropic planes: a review	7
Role of defects on the high cycle fatigue behavior of selective laser melted Al–Mg–Sc–Zr alloy	7
Modelling the nucleation and propagation of cracks at twin boundaries	7
Numerical simulation of hydraulic fracture propagation in shale with plastic deformation	7
Lengthscale effects in optical strain measurement for fracture characterization in simple shear	7
Energetically motivated crack orientation vector for phase-field fracture with a directional split	6
Elasto-plastic fracture criterion for structural components with sharp V-shaped notches	6
Machine learning assisted detection and localization of mechanical discontinuity	6
A multi-resolution approach to hydraulic fracture simulation	6
3D characterisation of hydrogen environmentally assisted cracking during static loading of AA7449-T7651	6
Effect of heat treatments and loading orientation on the tensile properties and fracture toughness of AlSi7Mg alloy produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion	6
Anisotropic properties of PCL/gelatin scaffolds obtained via electrospinning	6
Relating matrix stress to local stress on a hard microstructural inclusion for understanding cleavage fracture in high strength steel	6
Overview of three-dimensional linear-elastic fracture mechanics	6
Phase field modeling of diamond-silicon carbide ceramic composites with tertiary grain boundary phases	6
Propagation mechanism of the hydraulic fracture in layered-fractured-plastic formations	6
A phase-field approach to pneumatic fracture with anisotropic crack resistance	6
Multi-adaptive spatial discretization of bond-based peridynamics	6

Investigation of mixed-mode fracture of aligned steel fibre reinforced cementitious composites	6
The J-integral for mixed-mode loaded cracks with cohesive zones	6
A novel method to determine the mixed mode (I/III) dynamic fracture initiation toughness of materials	6
Configurational force based analysis of creep crack growth	6
The J-area integral applied in peridynamics	6
Singular elastic solutions in corners with spring boundary conditions under anti-plane shear	6