Generally, cracking occurs for many reasons connected to uncertainties and to the non-
uniformity resulting from intrinsic deficiencies in materials or the non-linearity of applied …

For the past several decades, fracture mechanics concept and theories have been
successfully developed and advanced in the engineering field as here we celebrate 50th …

Fracture mechanics at micro‐and nano‐scale has become a very attractive topic in the last
years. However, the results are still few, mostly because of the lack of effective analytical …

Boric acid recycling pump is used to maintain the circulation of boric acid solution for the
need of nuclear safety protection. In a boric acid recycling pump, the pump shaft is an …

This study presents an efficient methodology to assess fracture behavior in nanoscale
multilayers. After fabricating a nano-cantilever specimen of Cu/Si/SiN, a notch with the tip …

The phenomenon of brittle fracture occurs too often in various branches of engineering
being the reason of unexpected termination of anticipated service lives of an engineering …

To investigate the fracture behavior of mixed-mode interfacial cracking in nanoscale
components, three different types of nano-specimens, including the nano-cantilever …

A novel in situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) bending method using a nano-
cantilever specimen that includes a naturally sharp pre-crack at the interface between a 500 …

Nanometer-scale components (nano-components) often exhibit characteristic mechanical
behavior different from those of bulk counterparts. In this paper, we review a series of …

With the advancement in the miniaturization and integration of micro/nano-devices, the
multilayered nano-structures have become ever more important for the constitutive nano …