Fracture Mechanics and Material Rupture

This cluster focuses on the study of fracture mechanics and ductile failure in materials, examining the phenomena of rupture and the mechanics behind void nucleation and growth. It aims to establish principles that describe how materials can withstand or fail under stress.

fracture mechanics
ductile rupture
void nucleation
material failure
strain analysis

137,889 papers

Parent topic: Advanced Materials Research

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Top Papers

VI. The Phenomena Of Rupture And Flow In Solids

1921 · 7,622 citations

A Path Independent Integral And The Approximate Analysis Of Strain Concentration By Notches And Cracks

1968 · 6,546 citations

Continuum Theory Of Ductile Rupture By Void Nucleation And Growth: Part I—Yield Criteria And Flow Rules For Porous Ductile Media

1977 · 5,237 citations

Analysis Of Crack Formation And Crack Growth In Concrete By Means Of Fracture Mechanics And Finite Elements

1976 · 5,215 citations

A Critical Analysis Of Crack Propagation Laws

1963 · 4,940 citations

Fracture Characteristics Of Three Metals Subjected To Various Strains, Strain Rates, Temperatures And Pressures

1985 · 4,805 citations

A Critical Evaluation Of Indentation Techniques For Measuring Fracture Toughness: I, Direct Crack Measurements

1981 · 4,634 citations

Strength And Breaking Mechanism Of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Under Tensile Load

2000 · 4,487 citations

Cumulative Damage In Fatigue

1945 · 4,217 citations

The Mathematical Theory Of Equilibrium Cracks In Brittle Fracture

1962 · 3,778 citations

On The Crack Extension In Plates Under Plane Loading And Transverse Shear

1963 · 3,582 citations

The Conflicts Between Strength And Toughness

2011 · 2,999 citations

Analysis Of The Cup-Cone Fracture In A Round Tensile Bar

1984 · 2,746 citations

On The Stress Distribution At The Base Of A Stationary Crack

1957 · 2,512 citations

Singular Behaviour At The End Of A Tensile Crack In A Hardening Material

1968 · 2,444 citations

Revisiting Brittle Fracture As An Energy Minimization Problem

1998 · 2,374 citations

A Criterion For Ductile Fracture By The Growth Of Holes

1968 · 2,310 citations

A Continuous Damage Mechanics Model For Ductile Fracture

1985 · 2,203 citations

Dynamic And Post-Dynamic Recrystallization Under Hot, Cold And Severe Plastic Deformation Conditions

2014 · 2,153 citations

Biphasic Creep And Stress Relaxation Of Articular Cartilage In Compression: Theory And Experiments

1980 · 2,082 citations