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Microcrack Propagation

Microcrack Propagation is a mechanical process in which pre-existing microscopic cracks in brittle materials such as bone or rock progressively extend under sustained or cyclic loading, distinguished by localized stress concentration at crack tips that drives fracture growth through the material matrix.

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Compression‐induced microcrack growth in brittle solids: Axial splitting and shear failure

Hideyuki Horii, Sia Nemat‐Nasser · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1985 · 957 citations

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Development of stress-induced microcracks in Westerly Granite

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts · 1976 · 740 citations

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Hierarchical crack buffering triples ductility in eutectic herringbone high-entropy alloys

Peijian Shi, Runguang Li, Yi Li et al. · Science · 2021 · 652 citations · Full text

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Fracture Toughness of Al <sub>2</sub> O <sub>3</sub> with an Unstabilized ZrO <sub>2</sub> Dispersed Phase

Nils Claussen · Journal of the American Ceramic Society · 1976 · 605 citations

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Development of stress-induced microcracks in Westerly granite

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts · 1976 · 560 citations

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    Mark Kachanov

    Tufts University, United States

    10 publications · 918 citations

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  2. DT
    David Taylor

    Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

    7 publications · 531 citations

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  3. AC
    A. Chudnovsky

    University of Illinois Chicago, United States

    7 publications · 252 citations

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    S.X. Gong

    University of Toronto, Canada

    6 publications · 135 citations

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  5. RM
    Robert M. McMeeking

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    4 publications · 305 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    21 h-index

    63 publications

    3.3K citations

  2. China University of Mining and Technology

    Xuzhou, China

    12 h-index

    36 publications

    944 citations

  3. Tsinghua University

    Beijing, China

    11 h-index

    33 publications

    2.3K citations

  4. Georgia Institute of Technology

    Atlanta, United States

    10 h-index

    26 publications

    1.6K citations

  5. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    10 h-index

    15 publications

    681 citations

  6. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    9 h-index

    19 publications

    655 citations

  7. University of Illinois Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    9 h-index

    16 publications

    539 citations

  8. University of Science and Technology Beijing

    Beijing, China

    9 h-index

    28 publications

    2.5K citations

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  1. Engineering Fracture Mechanics

    25 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 16 publications · 2.7K citations

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  3. International Journal of Solids and Structures

    19 publications · 749 citations

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  5. International Journal of Fracture

    19 publications · 808 citations

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