Enamel, the hard surface layer of teeth, is a three-dimensional biological composite made of
crisscrossing mineral rods bonded by softer proteins. Structure-property relationships in this …

The Bouligand structure, prominent in arthropod cuticles and fish scales, is a fibrous
laminate where the orientation of the fibers increases incrementally across the thickness …

Computing mode-decomposed energy release rates in arbitrarily shaped delaminations
involving large fracture process zones has not been previously investigated. The J-integral …

Abstract Leak-before-break (LBB), as a part of the fitness-for-service (FFS) assessment, is a
critical requirement to ensure pressure vessel structural integrity LBB generally means a …

The asymptotic solution in the vicinity of a crack front in a three-dimensional (3-D) elastic
domain is provided explicitly following the general framework in M. Costabel, M. Dauge and …

An analytical formulation based on Irwin's integral and combined with the extended finite
element method is proposed to extract mixed‐mode components of strain energy release …

Fatigue lifetime of offshore pipelines with semi-elliptical circumferential surface cracks is
often underestimated. An accurate prediction of the pipeline structural integrity is …

The asymptotics of solutions to scalar second order elliptic boundary value problems in
three-dimensional polyhedral domains in the vicinity of an edge is provided in an explicit …

In this study, the behaviour of the [Formula: see text]-integral and its components JP-integral
and JA-integral is numerically investigated for 3D linear elastic cracked plates of different …

This manuscript presents an improvement to the analytical model for unstable, circular
cracks with rugose crack-fronts propagating in infinite, brittle solids including the velocity …