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Identification of the scatter in high cycle fatigue from temperature measurements

This engineering paper proposed using temperature measurements from thermography to determine the statistical scatter in metal fatigue performance, linking tiny temperature changes to microplasticity. This is a materials engineering study with no relevance to environmental microplastics.

2004 Comptes Rendus Mécanique 68 citations
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Rapid estimation of fatigue limit for C45 steel by thermography and digital image correlation

This materials engineering study used thermography and digital image correlation to rapidly estimate the fatigue limit of steel, linking temperature and mechanical changes to the onset of microplastic deformation in metal. It is a mechanical engineering paper not related to environmental microplastics.

2020 The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design 16 citations
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Rapid Fatigue Limit Estimation of Metallic Materials Using Thermography-Based Approach

This paper is not about environmental microplastics; it uses the term "microplastic" in a materials science context to describe microscopic plastic deformation in metals during fatigue testing.

2023 Metals 8 citations
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Fatigue-Limit Assessment via Infrared Thermography for a High-Strength Steel

Despite its title referencing infrared thermography, this paper tests whether thermal imaging techniques can accurately assess the fatigue limits of high-strength steel under cyclic stress loading — not microplastic pollution. It examines materials engineering for metal fatigue testing and is not relevant to microplastics or human health.

2025 Materials 1 citations
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Thermo‐based fatigue life prediction: A review

Not relevant to microplastics — this review covers thermography-based methods for predicting the fatigue life of metals under cyclic stress, with no connection to plastic pollution or environmental health.

2023 Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures 13 citations
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In situ tension-tension strain path changes of cold-rolled Mg AZ31B

This materials science study examined how a magnesium alloy responds to complex loading conditions using neutron diffraction and electron backscatter diffraction. It is not directly related to microplastics or environmental contamination.

2018 Acta Materialia 30 citations
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Determination of energy dissipation during cyclic loading and its use to predict fatigue life of metal alloys

This paper is not about microplastics — it develops a mathematical method for predicting the fatigue life of metal alloys from energy dissipation during cyclic loading.

2023 Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures 7 citations
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Deformation and dissipated energies for high cycle fatigue of 2024-T3 aluminium alloy

This materials engineering study used infrared thermography and digital image correlation to measure energy dissipation in aluminum alloy during high-cycle fatigue, relating tiny temperature changes to microplastic deformation at the crystal level. This is an engineering study on metal fatigue with no relevance to environmental microplastics.

2009 Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics 42 citations
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Effect of Heat-Treating on Microstructure and High Cycle Bending Fatigue Behavior of AZ91 and AZE911 Magnesium Alloys

Researchers investigated the effects of heat treatment (solution treatment at 415 degrees C followed by aging at 215 degrees C) on the microstructure and high-cycle bending fatigue behavior of AZ91 and AZE911 magnesium alloys, finding that heat treatment reduced grain size and transformed precipitate morphology to needle-shaped forms within alpha phase grains. Scanning electron microscopy revealed distinct fracture mechanisms in both alloys under the 100 Hz rotational bending fatigue test.

2022 Advances in Materials Science and Engineering 13 citations
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Energy Dissipation Measurement in Improved Spatial Resolution Under Fatigue Loading

This engineering study used infrared thermography to measure energy dissipation in materials under fatigue loading to quickly predict a material's failure threshold. It is a materials science paper unrelated to environmental microplastics.

2019 Experimental Mechanics 14 citations
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Investigation of Fatigue Damage of Tempered Martensitic Steel during High Cycle Fatigue and Very High Cycle Fatigue Loading Using In Situ Monitoring by Scanning Electron Microscope and High‐Resolution Thermography

This study examined how fatigue damage develops in martensitic steel under high-cycle loading, finding that heat treatment conditions affect the material's failure mechanisms. The research is focused on materials engineering and has limited direct relevance to microplastic pollution.

2021 steel research international 9 citations
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Microplastic Strain Hysteresis Energy as a Criterion for Fatigue Fracture

This materials science paper proposes an energy-based fatigue failure criterion using microplastic strain hysteresis energy, developing a relation between stress amplitude and cycles to failure. 'Microplastic strain' refers to small-scale plastic deformation in metals during cyclic loading and has no connection to environmental plastic pollution.

1961 Journal of Basic Engineering 279 citations
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Microstructure and High Temperature Tensile Properties of Mg–10Gd–5Y–0.5Zr Alloy after Thermo-Mechanical Processing

This materials science study examined the microstructure and high-temperature properties of a magnesium alloy after thermo-mechanical processing. While focused on metals research, it is not directly related to microplastic or environmental contamination.

2018 Metals 16 citations
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Analysis of contributions of plastic deformation and intergranular corrosion to corrosion-fatigue failure of Al-Mg alloys

This is not a microplastics research paper; it is a metallurgy study examining how plastic deformation and intergranular corrosion contribute to corrosion-fatigue failure in aluminium-magnesium alloys.

2026 ArXiv.org
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Fatigue crack initiation detection by an infrared thermography method

This engineering paper studied temperature changes during high-frequency fatigue testing of metals using infrared thermography, identifying early indicators of crack initiation. This is a materials engineering study with no connection to microplastics or environmental health.

2009 Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures 121 citations
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Probabilistic approach in high‐cycle multiaxial fatigue: volume and surface effects

This engineering paper developed a probabilistic framework for predicting fatigue limits in metals under complex multiaxial loading conditions by combining statistical modeling with microplasticity analysis. This is a mechanical engineering study with no relevance to environmental microplastics.

2004 Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures 49 citations
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Research Progress on Fatigue Behavior and Life Prediction under Multiaxial Loading for Metals

This Chinese-language review summarizes research on fatigue damage and life prediction of metal structures under complex, multi-directional loading conditions. The research is focused on structural engineering and has no direct relevance to microplastic pollution.

2021 Journal of Mechanical Engineering 7 citations
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Experiments and Modeling of Fatigue Behavior of Friction Stir Welded Aluminum Lithium Alloy

Researchers conducted experimental and computational studies of fatigue behavior in aluminum-lithium alloy welded joints. This is an aerospace materials engineering paper unrelated to environmental microplastics.

2019 Metals 20 citations
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Dissipative aspects in thermographic methods

This engineering paper developed improved thermographic methods to detect the fatigue limit of steel by measuring tiny temperature changes during cyclic loading, correlating these signals with microplastic deformation at the crystal level. This is a materials engineering study with no relevance to environmental microplastics.

2012 Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures 47 citations
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Analysis of the Thermomechanical Fatigue Behavior of Fully Ferritic High Chromium Steel Crofer®22 H with Cyclic Indentation Testing

This is a materials science study on the thermomechanical fatigue behavior of high-chromium ferritic steels, examining how repeated heating and cooling cycles cause material degradation. It is not related to microplastics or environmental science.

2020 Applied Sciences 16 citations
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Effect of Hot Rolling on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Stir Cast AZ 61 Alloy with Minor Additions

This paper is not about microplastics; it investigates the effects of hot rolling temperature and deformation conditions on the microstructure and mechanical properties of an AZ 61 magnesium alloy-graphene composite.

2023 Indian Journal of Science and Technology 10 citations
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Self-Heating and Fatigue Assessment of Laser Powder Bed Fusion NiTi Alloy with High Cycle Fatigue Mechanisms Identification

Researchers applied the self-heating method for the first time to laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) NiTi alloys, testing two loading ratios to rapidly assess fatigue properties. The study identified key high-cycle fatigue mechanisms including intra-grain misorientation, persistent slip band growth, and stress-induced martensite formation.

2024 Metals 1 citations
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On Microplasticity-induced Fatigue Fracture and its Relation to Entropy

Researchers investigated the relationship between microplasticity and fatigue fracture in steel specimens under axial cyclic loading, using fatigue testing machines to identify the stress cycle point at which microplastic deformation becomes detectable and analyzing its relationship to entropy production.

2024 Journal of Physics Conference Series
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Estimating fatigue sensitivity to polycrystalline Ni‐base superalloy microstructures using a computational approach

This computational study examined how microstructural features of a nickel superalloy affect fatigue crack formation and small crack growth, aiming to predict fatigue life variability. This aerospace materials engineering study has no connection to microplastics or environmental health.

2007 Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures 185 citations