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A Review of Damage, Void Evolution, and Fatigue Life Prediction Models

This review examines empirical and physics-based models for damage evolution, void growth, and fatigue life prediction in engineering materials, covering frameworks including the Gurson-Tvergaard-Needleman model, Johnson-Cook damage model, microplasticity models, and unified mechanics theory using irreversible entropy.

2021 Metals 48 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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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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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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A continuum damage mechanics model for fatigue and degradation of fiber reinforced materials

This engineering paper presents a mathematical model describing how fiber-reinforced materials degrade under repeated loading, using microplastic deformation as the driving mechanism for damage accumulation. It is a materials science study with no direct relevance to environmental plastic pollution or human health.

2020 Journal of Composite Materials 17 citations
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A Small-Deformation Rate-Independent Continuous-Flow Model for Elasto-Plastic Frames Allowing Rapid Fatigue Predictions in Metallic Structures

This engineering paper presents a computational model for predicting fatigue behavior in metal frame structures with localized plastic deformation. The study is focused on structural engineering and is unrelated to microplastic pollution research.

2023 International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics 1 citations
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A Continuum Damage Mechanics-based Piecewise Fatigue Damage Model for Fatigue Life Prediction of Fiber-Reinforced Laminated Composites

This engineering study developed a mathematical model to predict how fiber-reinforced plastic composite materials accumulate damage and eventually fail under repeated cyclic stress. The model could help engineers design longer-lasting plastic composite structures used in aerospace, automotive, and construction applications.

2021 International Journal of Engineering 14 citations
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Durability Analysis of CFRP Adhesive Joints: A Study Based on Entropy Damage Modelling Using FEM

This paper is not relevant to microplastics research — it analyzes fatigue lifetime prediction methods for carbon fiber reinforced polymer adhesive joints using entropy-based damage models.

2023 Preprints.org 7 citations
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Damage evolution in AA2124/SiC metal matrix composites under tension with consecutive unloadings

This engineering study investigated how aluminum-silicon carbide metal matrix composites deform and accumulate damage under tensile loading. It is a materials science paper not related to environmental microplastics.

2020 Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering 15 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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Review of Fatigue Crack Initiation Mechanisms Development and Monitoring in the Very High Cycle Fatigue Regime

This review covers how fatigue cracks initiate and grow in materials under very high cycle loading conditions, with implications for engineering design. Understanding material fatigue mechanisms helps develop longer-lasting products that reduce the need for replacement, thereby reducing manufacturing waste and plastic use.

2023 Materials Performance and Characterization 1 citations
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Influence of hard phase size and spacing on the fatigue crack propagation in tool steels—Numerical simulation and experimental validation

Not relevant to microplastics research; this paper investigates how carbide size and spacing in tool steel microstructures affects fatigue crack growth rate, with no connection to plastic pollution.

2023 Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures 6 citations
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Analysis of fatigue crack initiation in cyclic microplasticity regime

This engineering study analyzed how fatigue cracks begin in metals under cyclic loading, focusing on microscale stress and material defects. It is a materials science paper not related to environmental microplastics.

2019 International Journal of Fatigue 20 citations
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Investigation Study of Structure Real Load Spectra Acquisition and Fatigue Life Prediction Based on the Optimized Efficient Hinging Hyperplane Neural Network Model

Not relevant to microplastics — this paper develops an optimized neural network model for predicting real-world load spectra and fatigue life of mechanical structures, achieving a fatigue life prediction accuracy of 93.56% for engineering applications.

2024 Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering 3 citations
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A damage-based uniaxial fatigue life prediction method for metallic materials

Researchers developed a faster method for determining how long metal components will last under repeated stress by tracking tiny changes in material stiffness as damage accumulates, rather than running tests until failure. The method was validated across ten different metals including steel, aluminum, and titanium, consistently matching results from standard but much more time-consuming tests.

2023 Materials & Design 11 citations
Review Tier 2

Fatigue Failure of Adhesive Joints in Fiber-Reinforced Composite Material Under Step/Variable Amplitude Loading—A Critical Literature Review

This study is not about microplastics; it is a materials engineering review of fatigue failure mechanisms and damage accumulation models for fiber-reinforced polymer composite adhesive joints under variable-amplitude loading conditions.

2024 Journal of Composites Science 3 citations
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Materials Informatics for Mechanical Deformation: A Review of Applications and Challenges

This review covers machine learning methods applied to predicting and understanding mechanical properties of materials from large datasets. It is an engineering informatics paper and is not related to microplastics or environmental health.

2021 Preprints.org 11 citations
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An Acoustic Emission Method for Assessing the Degree of Degradation of Mechanical Properties and Residual Life of Metal Structures under Complex Dynamic Deformation Stresses

This engineering paper presents an acoustic emission method for monitoring the structural health and remaining life of metal structures under complex stress conditions. It has no relevance to microplastic or environmental health research.

2021 Materials 20 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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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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Fatigue Damage Evaluation of Aviation Aluminum Alloy Based on Strain Monitoring

Researchers developed a metal fatigue damage model for aerospace aluminum alloy using real-time strain monitoring combined with crystal plasticity finite element analysis, establishing a constitutive relationship between strain and damage prior to microcrack initiation. Electron backscatter diffraction analysis validated the model's accuracy in predicting fatigue damage states under various stress conditions.

2024 Applied Sciences 5 citations