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Entwicklung und Validierung eines numerischen Simulationsmodells zur Beschreibung der induktiven Ein- und Zweifrequenzrandschichthärtung am Beispiel von vergütetem 42CrMo4

This German engineering thesis developed a numerical model to simulate the induction hardening process for 42CrMo4 steel components. This is a manufacturing engineering study with no relevance to microplastic pollution or environmental health.

2012 Repository KITopen (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) 4 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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Approaches for modelling and simulation of metal machining – a critical review

This critical review surveys four decades of advances in computational modeling and simulation of metal cutting and machining processes, assessing the strengths and limitations of current approaches. This is a manufacturing engineering study with no relevance to microplastic pollution or environmental health.

2014 Manufacturing Review 5 citations
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Dynamic Processes of Substructural Rearrangement under Friction of Carbon Steel

This study examined how heat treatment affects the friction and wear properties of medium carbon steel, linking material microstructure to tribological performance. The research is focused on materials engineering with limited direct relevance to microplastic pollution or human health.

2023 Advances in Science and Technology – Research Journal 1 citations
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Influence of Tempering Transformation Induced Plasticity (T-TRIP) on the Evolution of Residual Stresses in Laser Heat Treated 50CrMo4 Steel

Despite its title referencing "plasticity," this paper studies residual stresses in a type of industrial steel (50CrMo4) during laser heat treatment — not plastic pollution or microplastics. It examines how tempering transformation induced plasticity affects metal component stresses and is entirely outside the field of microplastic research.

2025 Proceedings of the ... ASM Heat Treating Society Conference 1 citations
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Effect of Cyclic Ice Plug Deformation on Microstructure and Mechanical Behaviors of Nuclear-Grade Low-Carbon Tubular Steel

Not relevant to microplastics — this is a metallurgy study examining how cyclic freeze-thaw ice plugging affects the dislocation microstructure and mechanical properties of nuclear-grade steel pipeline material.

2024 Materials 2 citations
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Validierung von Software-Komponenten zur Voraussage der strahleninduzierten Schädigung von RDB-Stahl

This German nuclear engineering report describes the development and validation of software tools to predict how neutron radiation damages reactor pressure vessel steel at the atomic through macroscopic scale. This is a nuclear materials science study with no relevance to microplastic pollution or environmental health.

2010 Qucosa (Saxon State and University Library Dresden)
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Micromechanical aspects of the effect of temperature and local plastic strain magnitude on the fracture toughness of ferrite steels

This materials science study examined how temperature and plastic strain affect the fracture toughness of ferrite steels at the microscopic scale. The term 'microplastic' here refers to microscopic plastic deformation in metal — this is an engineering study unrelated to plastic particle pollution.

2023 Procedia Structural Integrity
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Characterizing and Modeling Transformation-Induced Plasticity in 13Cr-4Ni Welds upon Cooling

This materials science paper investigates transformation-induced plasticity in martensitic stainless steel welds used in hydraulic turbine manufacturing. The study is focused on metal alloy behavior during cooling and is unrelated to microplastic pollution research.

2023 Materials
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Stability of retained austenite in high carbon steel under compressive stress: an investigation from macro to nano scale

This materials science study investigates how retained austenite in high-carbon steel behaves under compressive stress at both macro and nano scales, using electron microscopy and diffraction techniques. The research addresses industrial steel performance and has no direct connection to microplastics or environmental health.

2016 Scientific Reports 97 citations
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Crack tip microplasticity mediated by microstructure gradients

This study examined how microstructural gradients near crack tips affect crack growth behavior in metals under mechanical loading. The research is focused on materials fracture mechanics and has no direct relevance to microplastic pollution.

2021 Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures 8 citations
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Material Response to Rolling Contact Loading

This materials science study investigates how rolling contact in ball bearings causes microplastic deformation in steel, leading to crystallographic texture changes, residual stresses, and eventual fatigue failure. The term 'microplastic' in this paper refers to small-scale plastic deformation in metals and has no connection to environmental plastic pollution.

1985 Journal of Tribology 187 citations
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Exploring the effect of complex hierarchic microstructure of quenched and partitioned martensitic stainless steels on their high cycle fatigue behaviour

This study examined the fatigue behavior of quenched and partitioned martensitic stainless steels, finding that their complex microstructure affects how they fail under cyclic loading. This is a materials science paper with no direct relevance to microplastics or environmental health.

2023 Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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On-Road Measurements and Modelling of Disc Brake Temperatures and Brake Wear Particle Number Emissions on a Heavy-Duty Tractor Trailer

Despite its title referencing "plasticity," this paper studies residual stress patterns in 50CrMo4 steel subjected to laser heat treatment — not plastic pollution or microplastics. It examines how tempering transformation affects the internal stresses in metal components and is not relevant to microplastics or human health.

2025 Atmosphere 1 citations
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Effect of Cooling Rate on Microstructure Evolution and Mechanical Properties of SCM435 Steel

This materials science study examined how cooling rates during steel production affect the microstructure and mechanical properties of SCM435 steel. This metallurgy paper has no connection to microplastics or environmental health.

2023 Preprints.org
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Transformation Kinetics, Microplasticity and Aging of Martensite in FE-31 Ni.

This materials science study examines microplastic behavior in iron-nickel martensite alloys, finding that stress-induced phase transformation produces unusually large microplastic strains. The term 'microplasticity' refers to small-scale plastic deformation in metals and is not related to environmental plastic pollution.

1966 122 citations
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The Effect of Initial Annealing Microstructures on the Forming Characteristics of Ti–4Al–2V Titanium Alloy

This materials science study investigated how pre-treatment processes affect the plastic forming behavior of a titanium alloy used in aerospace applications. It is an engineering paper unrelated to environmental microplastics.

2019 Metals 16 citations
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Effect of Laser Shock Peening on the Microstructure and Properties of the Inconel 625 Surface Layer

Researchers investigated how laser shock peening affects the microstructure and mechanical properties of a high-performance nickel alloy. While unrelated to microplastics directly, understanding metal alloy behavior under stress is relevant to designing durable infrastructure that resists the mechanical wear that generates metal and polymer particles.

2020 Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance 32 citations
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About Wave Nature of the Formation of Gradient and Microcomposite Zones Near Non-Metallic Inclusions During Laser Processing of the Steels

This paper is not relevant to microplastics research — it investigates the wave-based formation of gradient and composite zones near non-metallic inclusions during laser processing of steel.

2023 Journal of Material Science and Technology Research 1 citations