Numerical optimization by the PFEMCT-SIF method of the crack propagation of a linear elastic material by Mohammed Bentahar, Noureddine Mahmoudi, Youcef Moulai Arbi

“…The MCSC and the Richard criterion produced comparable crack trajectories, with the MCSC demonstrating slightly higher precision. …”
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Mechanical properties and mechanism of damage and deterioration of coal under cyclic loading by Ziwei Ding, Qingbao Tang, Xinwei Gong, Jindui Jia, Guangqing Di, Long Chen

“…The contribution rate of damage to fractures with a volume between 109 and 1011 μm3 increases with higher load levels and cyclic loading/unloading during both amplification and equal amplitude cycles. …”
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Crack propagation in a brittle DCB specimen assessed by means of the Williams� power expansion by Lucie Malkov�, Seyed Mohammad Javad Razavi, Filippo Berto

“…A double cantilever beam geometry has been chosen in order to investigate the importance of the higher-order terms of the Williams power expansion for the crack path estimation. …”
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Synergetic effects of nano-boehmite and Y nano-zeolite on catalytic cracking of residue oil by Ehsan Amini, Kamran Ahmadi, Alimorad Rashidi, Amir Ali Youzbashi, Mehran Rezaei, Sakineh Mesgar

“…Microactivity tests (MAT) demonstrated that, with equal zeolite content, active matrix-based catalysts exhibited higher catalytic performance than inactive matrix-based catalyst. …”
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Study on constraint of mixed mode crack and failure assessment diagram of pressure-bearing structure by MIAO Xinting, LIU Guoxu, ZHANG Jinbo, PENG Jian, BIE Fengfeng

“…Finally, it is found that FAC of the central crack plate specimen is higher than that of the pressure bearing pipeline, for the two structures with the same constraint level，and crack tip mixed mode degree and loading mode. …”
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Experimental Study on Early-Age Crack of Mass Concrete under the Controlled Temperature History by Nannan Shi, Jianshu Ouyang, Runxiao Zhang, Dahai Huang

“…Finally, the experimental results indicate that the reinforcement can improve the crack resistance of concrete by nearly 30% in the TSTM tests, and the ultimate tensile strain of RC is approximately 105% higher than that of plain concrete with the same mix proportions.…”
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Experimental Investigation of Crack Initiation and Propagation in the Unreinforced Masonry Specimen Subjected to Vertical Settlement by Junbo Wang, Weibing Hu, Xinyu Wang, Yaozhe Liang

“…With the increase in the load and activation of the AE event, the AE event becomes active, and the cumulative ringing count and cumulative energy curve have an obvious turning point, where the slope of the curve is substantially higher than that before the turning point. By using digital close-range industrial photogrammetry, it is observed that the main oblique crack on the left is mainly caused by the difference in the vertical deformation, while the main oblique crack on the right is caused by different displacements and deformation directions of the wall on both sides of the crack.…”
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Crack Propagation Analysis at Openings in Unreinforced Masonry Walls Due to Lateral and Vertical Loads. by Ihangu, Derrick

“…Furthermore, walls with smaller openings (5%) positioned at the top left and right corners required higher loads to fail but displayed cracks in the same locations as larger openings (10%). …”
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Investigation on the Effects of Prefabricated Crack and Strain Rate on Uniaxial Compressive Properties of Frozen Silty Soil by Dongdong Ma, Ezra Esanju Kaunda, Kun Huang

“…The peak strain of frozen silty soil under static loads scope was higher compared with that under dynamic loads, while its dynamic peak strain with various prefabricated crack numbers was remarkably rate-dependent. …”
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Time–Course Analysis of the Onset and Progression of Cuticle Cracking in Fruits of Cherry Tomato Cultivar ‘Nene’ by Ryosuke Hosoi, Kazuo Ikeda, Takashi Nishizawa, Tomoyuki Nabeshima

“…The severity of cuticular cracks at harvest was higher in the summer–autumn cultivation than in the spring–summer. …”
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Designing Hierarchical ZSM-5 Materials for Improved Production of LPG Olefins in the Catalytic Cracking of Triglycerides by Xuan Hoan Vu, Udo Armbruster

“…The use of FCC (fluid catalytic cracking) units for conversion of triglycerides is a promising option for the future to boost production of LPG olefins. …”
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Effect of extrusion process on the stress corrosion cracking resistance of 7N01 aluminum alloy by Xie H., Yang Z., Ma Q. H., Meng W., Hu L., Yin X. H.

“…The Microstructure observation results revealed that recrystallization played an important role on the SCC resistances of the alloys: the new recrystallization grain boundaries with higher grain boundary energy and wider PFZ could magnify the difference of electrochemical property between grain boundary area and the grain interior, thus raising the stress corrosion crack sensitivity of the alloys.…”
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Efficient surface crack segmentation for industrial and civil applications based on an enhanced YOLOv8 model by Zeinab F. Elsharkawy, H. Kasban, Mohammed Y. Abbass

“…The results demonstrate that, for the Crack500 and Magnetic tile datasets, the suggested model’s segmentation Mean Average Precision (mAP50) is 10.1 and 26.4% higher than that of the original YOLOv8 models. …”
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Influence of tension cracks on moisture infiltration in loess slopes under high-intensity rainfall conditions by Xuancheng Ren, Weifeng Sun, Hengxing Lan, Han Bao, Langping Li, Shijie Liu, Changgen Yan, Xiaochan Wang, Zhouchen Li, Chaoyang Tian

“…During the initial stages of rainfall, the migration speed of wetting fronts in slopes with crest-tension cracks was significantly higher than in homogeneous slopes. …”
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Binocular Video-Based Automatic Pixel-Level Crack Detection and Quantification Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks for Concrete Structures by Liqu Liu, Bo Shen, Shuchen Huang, Runlin Liu, Weizhang Liao, Bin Wang, Shuo Diao

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Performance of Cracked Ultra-High-Performance Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Exposed to Dry-Wet Cycles of Chlorides by Longlong Niu, Shiping Zhang

“…The results show that the wider the crack, the higher the corrosion degree of steel fibers embedded in UHPC, and the deeper the chloride ion diffusion on both sides of the crack. …”
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Investigating the repair of cracks through bacterial self-healing for sustainable concrete in aggressive sulfate attack environments by Seleem Ahmad, Yasmine Elmenshawy, Yasser Osman El Gammal, Hamees Mohamad El-Sheikh, Mohamed Moawad, Ahmed A. Elshami, Mohamed A.R. Elmahdy

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Determination of Crack Resistance of the Cover and Slide Glass by Indentation Method with the Visualization Using Atomic Force Microscopy by V. A. Lapitskaya, T. A. Kuznetsova, S. A. Chizhik

“…Crack resistance of two types of glass was studied – cover glass (0.17 mm thick) and slide glass (2 mm thick) using an improved technique through the use of the probe methods, which makes it possible to increase the accuracy of determining the crack resistance of glass. …”
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The Fractal Dimension, Structure Characteristics, and Damage Effects of Multi-Scale Cracks on Sandstone Under Triaxial Compression by Pengjin Yang, Shengjun Miao, Kesheng Li, Xiangfan Shang, Pengliang Li, Meifeng Cai

“…The distribution density of medium-scale cracks in the failed specimen is higher, which is the main reason to produce damage. …”
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Real-Time and Quantitative Measurement of Crack-Tip Stress Intensity Factors Using Digital Holographic Interferometry by Haiting Xia, Rongxin Guo, Feng Yan, Heming Cheng

“…Detection of the crack in an object is a critical problem for the health monitoring of a transparent object. …”
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