Biological materials exhibit anisotropic characteristics because of the anisometric nature of
their constituents and their preferred alignment within interfacial matrices. The regulation of …

Natural hazards such as windstorms, earthquakes, and floods cause damage and failure to
both structural and non-structural elements, significantly impacting the functional integrity …

Numerical simulations are widely used both for research purposes and in technical practice
to address structural design of steel components. When dealing with damage and ductile …

A new instrumented spherical indentation test (ISIT) methodology is proposed to determine
fracture toughness of metallic materials that their strain hardening can be adequately …

In this paper, the fracture toughness and impact toughness were systematically studied in
high-strength steels. The results show that the two types of toughness are both the …

In this paper, the crack propagation characteristics in AISI 4340 steel with different strength
and toughness have been investigated in quasi-situ via 3D X-ray tomography during fracture …

This paper discusses modeling the behavior and prediction of fracture of brittle materials.
Numerous publications show that progress in this area is characterized by the emergence of …

Although the Charpy impact test has been routine for decades to assess the ductile or brittle
nature of materials, the impact toughness, which is strongly sample-thickness dependent, is …

An experimental study and modeling of the behavior of wood during compression along the
fibers was carried out. The nonlinear analytical dependence of the load on the strain was …

Opinions regarding the relationship between impact toughness and quasi-static properties
of titanium alloys remain divided to this day. In this paper, quasi-static tensile property …