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Evaluation of Fracture Toughness Measurements Using Chevron-Notched Silicon and Tungsten Microcantilevers

Researchers evaluated methods for measuring the fracture toughness of small samples of tungsten, a brittle material used in nuclear applications. This is a materials engineering study with no relevance to environmental microplastics.

2019 JOM 19 citations
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Fracture toughness determination and micromechanics of rock under mode I and mode II loading

This thesis describes a new experimental method for measuring shear (Mode II) fracture toughness in rock, comparing it to tensile fracture testing. This rock mechanics study has no connection to microplastics or environmental health.

2005 Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences) 107 citations
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Brittle materials at high-loading rates: an open area of research

This paper reviews how brittle materials like ceramics, rocks, and concrete behave when subjected to high-speed impacts and explosive loading, identifying knowledge gaps in understanding their fracture behavior. This materials science study is focused on engineering and defense applications and has no direct relevance to microplastics research.

2016 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences 59 citations
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Atomistic Studies of Nanoindentation—A Review of Recent Advances

This review covers advances in using computer simulations to understand how materials deform at the nanoscale during nanoindentation testing. The research is in materials science and not directly related to environmental microplastics.

2017 Crystals 70 citations
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The Instrumented Indentation Test: An Aiding Tool for Material Science and Industry

This review examines instrumented indentation testing — a method for measuring the mechanical properties of materials by pressing a hard tip into their surface. The technique is useful for characterizing plastics, metals, and other engineering materials without destroying the sample.

2023 Materials 2 citations
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Metal structures diagnosis by truncated cone indentation

This engineering paper presents a nondestructive testing method using truncated cone indentation to assess the mechanical properties of steel structures in the field. It is an engineering methods paper with no direct connection to microplastics or environmental health.

2017 MATEC Web of Conferences 19 citations
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Stochastic Virtual Tests for High-Temperature Ceramic Matrix Composites

This review covers the development of computational 'virtual tests' to predict how high-temperature ceramic composites fail under stress, combining advanced imaging with material simulations. This is a specialized aerospace materials engineering study with no direct connection to microplastics or environmental health.

2014 Annual Review of Materials Research 76 citations
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Mechanical Properties and Fracture Toughness Prediction of Ductile Cast Iron under Thermomechanical Treatment

This paper is not about microplastics. It studied the mechanical properties and fracture toughness of ductile cast iron under different temperatures and strain rates. The term 'plastic deformation' in this context refers to metal bending, not plastic pollution particles.

2024 Metals 4 citations
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Fracture Mechanics of Rocks.

This rock mechanics review discusses acoustic emission monitoring and crack mechanics in rock under stress, covering crack propagation, failure processes, and frictional sliding. This is a geomechanics study with no relevance to microplastic pollution.

1995 Journal of Physics of the Earth 126 citations
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Small-Scale Mechanical Testing of Cemented Carbides from the Micro- to the Nano-Level: A Review

This overview reviews small-scale mechanical testing techniques applied to cemented carbide materials at the micro and nano scale. It is an advanced materials characterization paper unrelated to environmental microplastics.

2019 Metals 29 citations
Review Tier 2

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

This engineering review summarizes models for predicting how damage, voids, and fatigue cause materials such as metals and composites to fail over time. This materials science paper is not related to microplastic environmental contamination.

2021 Preprints.org 13 citations
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Development of tough hybrid materials by regulated crystallization of hydroxyapatite inspired by bone formation

This paper reviews advances in materials science inspired by biological structures, including bone-like hydroxyapatite composites with enhanced toughness. The research is focused on biomimetic materials engineering and is not directly related to microplastics.

2020 Impact
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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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Nondestructive Testing Methods Aided Via Numerical Computation Models for Various Critical Aerospace Power Generation Systems

This technical paper reviewed nondestructive testing methods combined with numerical computation models for monitoring the health of materials operating under extreme conditions. It is an engineering methods paper with no direct connection to microplastics or environmental health.

2018 Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research
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Experimental investigation of surface energy and subcritical crack growth in calcite

Laboratory experiments on calcite crystals showed that water content in surrounding fluids affects subcritical crack growth rates and surface energy of the mineral. This geomechanics study on rock fracture processes has no direct connection to microplastics research.

2011 Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres 125 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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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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Comparative analysis of self‐cure and dual cure‐dental composites on their physico‐mechanical behaviour

This paper is not about microplastic pollution. It compares the physical and mechanical properties of self-cure and dual-cure dental composite materials, examining how filler content, resin monomers, and particle size affect hardness, strength, fracture toughness, and degradation of dental restorations.

2023 Australian Dental Journal 17 citations
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Effects of Pore Morphology and Bone Ingrowth on Mechanical Properties of Microporous Titanium as an Orthopaedic Implant Material

This biomedical engineering study examined how pore size, shape, and bone ingrowth affect the mechanical properties of porous titanium used in orthopedic implants, using both experimental testing and computer simulations. This is a biomedical engineering study with no direct relevance to environmental microplastics.

2004 MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS 95 citations