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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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Subcritical crack growth in rocks under shear loading

This rock mechanics study measured the parameters governing slow crack growth in sandstone under shear loading, finding that the growth rates are similar regardless of the type of shear stress applied. This is a geomechanics study with no relevance to microplastic pollution.

2011 Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres 46 citations
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Fracture Toughness Determinations by Means of Indentation Fracture

This engineering chapter describes the indentation fracture technique for measuring fracture toughness in brittle materials like ceramics and composites, reviewing mathematical models used for interpretation. This is a materials science study with no relevance to microplastic pollution or environmental health.

2011 InTech eBooks 71 citations
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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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Fluid‐Assisted Strain Localization in Quartz at the Brittle/Ductile Transition

This materials science study examined deformation mechanisms in quartz rock at the boundary between brittle and ductile behavior. It is a geology and materials science paper unrelated to environmental microplastics.

2019 Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 21 citations
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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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Characteristics of Crack Growth in Rock-Like Materials under Monotonic and Cyclic Loading Conditions

This engineering study examined how cracks propagate in gypsum specimens under steady and cyclic loading conditions to understand material fatigue. It is a structural mechanics study with no connection to environmental microplastics or human health.

2020 Applied Sciences 18 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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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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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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Experimental Poroviscoelasticity of Common Sedimentary Rocks

This geoscience study examined the mechanical behavior of sedimentary rocks under pressure and fluid flow, relevant to underground energy storage and petroleum recovery. The research is not directly related to microplastics or human health.

2018 Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth 54 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
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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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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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Nontrivial scaling exponents of dislocation avalanches in microplasticity

This physics study analyzed the statistical patterns of small-scale deformation events (dislocation avalanches) in metals to test theoretical models of material plasticity. The research is in materials physics and is not related to environmental microplastics.

2018 Physical Review Materials 41 citations
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Resistance of Heterogeneous Metal Compositions to Fracture under Dynamic and Cyclic Loads

This study examined how heterogeneous multilayer metal composites resist fracture under dynamic and cyclic loading, finding that layer boundaries retard crack propagation compared to homogeneous materials. The findings are relevant to materials engineering for durable structures, though not directly related to microplastic research.

2023 Metals