OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Fracture is 5. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Enhanced resistance of mode II fracture by nonlocal interactions in 2D locally resonant elastic wave metamaterials	55
Simulation of dynamic brittle and quasi-brittle fracture: a revisited local damage approach	53
Fracture toughness characterization of 3D-printed advanced structured specimens by digital image correlation	48
Transient heat conduction in the cracked medium by Guyer–Krumhansl model	43
A novel model for corrosion-induced cracking and spalling in reinforced concrete structures	32
Influence of self-weight on size effect of quasi-brittle materials: generalized analytical formulation and application to the failure of irregular masonry arches	32
Investigation on the dynamic fracture behavior of A508-III steel based on Johnson–Cook model	26
Modelling of ductile fracture considering the effect of stress triaxiality and the energy partition theory in thin high-strength steel sheets	26
Energy release rate of a mode-I crack in pure shear specimens subjected to large deformation	21
Study on the whole dynamical fracture process of sandstone samples	20
The effect of residual stress on the fracture toughness of Ti–6Al–4V produced by laser-based powder bed fusion	20
Revisiting facet nucleation under mixed mode I + III loading with T-stress and mode-dependent fracture properties	17
Crack growth behavior of U71MnG rail steel under overload conditions described using a dislocation correction model	16
Isogeometric multilayer thin-shell analysis of failure in composite structures with hygrothermal effects	16
Adaptive method for phase-field fracture using a volume weighted Quickselect algorithm	16
Incremental closure method to estimate changes in contact stress distributions for partially closed fatigue cracks in mode I loading	15
Improved cohesive zone model: integrating strain rate, plastic strain, variable damping, and enhanced constitutive law for fracture propagation	15
Less is more: removing a single bond increases the toughness of elastic networks	15
Interaction of crack and hole: effects on crack trajectory, crack driving force and fracture toughness	15
Damage-mechanics insights into the relationship between upper-shelf Charpy testing and J-integral testing considering varying tensile test properties	14
A non-iterative parameter identification procedure for the non-local Gurson–Tvergaard–Needleman model based on standardized experiments	14
Gradient damage model for ductile fracture introducing degradation of damage hardening modulus: implementation and experimental investigations	13
Influence of partial separation between rock specimen and loading device on determination of Mode II fracture toughness by shear-box test	13
Identifying simple shear in plane stress states	13
A novel phase-field damage model coupled with Timoshenko beam kinematics to simulate localized fracture in brittle architected lattice material	13

Theoretical and experimental studies of spring-buffer chip peeling technology for electronics packaging	13
Enhanced solid element model with embedded strong discontinuity for representation of mesoscale quasi-brittle failure	12
Crystal plasticity-based intergranular facture simulation of AA 5083 aluminum alloy for tri-junction grain boundary	12
Dominique Leguillon obituary—A passionate scientist, a humble and kind person, a friend	12
Crack roughness of high-speed fracture in brittle single crystalline material	11
Assessing complex protein-solvent interactions using environment-controlled crack-growth experiments	11
The revisited phase-field approach to brittle fracture: application to indentation and notch problems	11
An analytical evaluation of T-stress influence in the process zone modelling for the interface crack kinking	11
Theoretical analysis of self-similar crack propagation along viscoelastic and elasto–viscoplastic interface in a double cantilever beam test	11
Material informatics and impact of multicollinearity on regression model for fatigue strength of steel	11
Evolution and control technology of energy aggregation and dissipation of a high hard roof during breakage and destabilization	11
The study on the high cycle fatigue performance and life prediction of Ti–6Al–4V alloy fabricated by laser engineered net shaping	10
Characteristics of crack growth in brittle solids with the effects of material heterogeneity and multi-crack interaction	10
Applications of a micro-structured brittle damage model to laboratory tests on rocks	10
A dynamic coupling model of peridynamics and finite elements for progressive damage analysis	10
The adaptive coupling of dual-horizon peridynamic element and finite element for the progressive failure of materials	9
Editorial: Fracture of soft materials	9
Strain based finite fracture mechanics for fatigue life prediction of additively manufactured samples	9
Interpreting test temperature and loading rate effects on the fracture toughness of polymer-metal interfaces via time–temperature superposition	9
A cohesive phase-field method for seamlessly modelling intergranular and transgranular fracture in polycrystalline materials	9
Numerical prediction of fatigue crack growth based on cumulative plastic strain versus experimental results for AA6082-T6	9
An energy-based analytical model for adhesively bonded stepped and simple-lap joined CFRP laminates	9
The essential work of fracture in peridynamics	9
A long crack in a long clamped strip	8
Three-dimensional constraint-based void-growth model for high temperature hydrogen attack	8
Experimental fracture mechanics analysis of tearing in oriented polyethylene films using digital image correlation and full-field solid mechanics post-processing	8
Analysis of mode II fracture speeds in dry snow slab avalanche weak layers	8
A coupled axisymmetric peridynamics with correspondence material model for thermoplastic and ductile fracture problems	8
The tearing energy threshold of crack growth in rubber exposed to ozone: an experimental–numerical approach	8
Wave interactions and fracture evolution in a thin glass plate under impact: a combined experimental and peridynamic analysis	8
Differential compliance from time domain vibration waveform fit and its application to fatigue crack growth rate testing	7
Discrete crack mechanics of disk compression for measurement of low fracture toughness	7
A novel model for corrosion-induced cracking and spalling in reinforced concrete structures	7
A variational formulation of Griffith phase-field fracture with material strength	7
Effects of diffusion and primary creep on intergranular cavitation at high temperatures	7
Crack propagation in the presence of multiple holes: phase field modelling supported by photoelasticity	7
A position-based FEM approach for modeling mixed-mode cracks in concrete	7
Contact problem of two punches in an elastic coating attached to a porous material	6
Evaluating the validity of the cohesive zone model in mixed mode I + III fracture of Al-alloy 2024-T3 adhesive joints using DBM-DCB tests	6
Cleavage fracture of high strength tempered martensite and mixed tempered martensite + upper bainite medium carbon steel	6
A semi-empirical model for fracture energy evaluation of a Ni2MnGa magnetic shape memory alloy	6
Tearing a neo-Hookean sheet. Part II: asymptotic analysis for crack tip fields	6
Publisher Correction: Articles incorrectly assigned to Volume 250, Issue 1	6
3D characterization of kinematic fields and poroelastic swelling near the tip of a propagating crack in a hydrogel	6
Multi-adaptive spatial discretization of bond-based peridynamics	6
Enhanced fracture toughness of additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V ELI	6
The role of β-phase on crack nucleation and propagation in dual phase zirconium polycrystals: a crystal plasticity finite element modeling	6
Influence of post-heat treatment with super β transus temperature on the fatigue behaviour of LPBF processed Ti6Al4V	5
A smeared crack modeling framework accommodating multi-directional fracture at finite strains	5
Energetically motivated crack orientation vector for phase-field fracture with a directional split	5

Experimental investigation of the alternate recurrence of quasi-static and dynamic crack propagation in PMMA	5
Investigation of microdamage and failure of metastable austenitic steel AISI 321 by changes in elastic moduli and content of strain-induced martensite	5
The systematic nature of regularization error in phase field modeling: implications for crack nucleation and propagation	5
Crack tip shielding and size effect related to parallel edge cracks under uniaxial tensile loading	5
Direct tension test on large concrete specimens - Part I: Tensile strength, fracture properties and size effect	5
Crack initiation and propagation analysis for fisheye failures in high-strength gears	5
Fatigue life prediction method based on polynomial chaotic expansion and Weibull distribution	5
Dynamic crack growth analysis by an eikonal gradient damage model	5
Exact fundamental solutions for a Mode-I external circular crack in an infinite one-dimensional hexagonal piezoelectric quasicrystal	5
A node-splitting lattice spring model coupled with a J-integral formulation as a fracture criterion	5
A two-dimensional non-ordinary state-based peridynamic model based on three-body potential for elastic brittle fracture analysis	5
Calculating energy release rates of MD non-symmetric laminate MMELS and C-ELS specimens	5
Finite element modeling of the distribution of hydrogen atoms at a dent on pipelines for hydrogen transport under cyclic loading	5
A thin-film-covered mode III crack with dislocation-free zones	5
A 3D numerical study of mixed-mode (I and II) stationary notch tip fields in shape memory alloys	5
Multi-phase-field approach to fracture demonstrating the role of solid-solid interface energy on crack propagation	5
The strain gradient viscoelasticity full field solution of mode-III crack problem	5
Introduction to the special issue on structural integrity	5
Damage evolution in unfilled EPDM during various types of repeated hydrogen high-pressure cycles	5
Hydrogen embrittlement characteristics of the hot- and cold-stamped 22MnB5 steel	5
Length scales in the tear resistance of soft tissues and elastomers: a comparative study based on computational models	5
Effect of atomistic modeling parameters on the simulation of fracture in graphene	5
X-ray microtomography investigation of damage fields ahead of cracks in CT and SENT C-Mn steel samples	5