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Wear of ceramic-based dental materials

Researchers compared wear rates and failure mechanisms of several ceramic-based dental materials using a laboratory test simulating chewing contact, finding that zirconia showed the lowest wear and lithium disilicate the highest, with microcracking and microplasticity (small-scale plastic deformation) identified as the key material-removal mechanisms.

2019 Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials/Journal of mechanical behavior of biomedical materials 90 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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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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Crack nucleation using combined crystal plasticity modelling, high-resolution digital image correlation and high-resolution electron backscatter diffraction in a superalloy containing non-metallic inclusions under fatigue

This materials engineering study combined crystal plasticity modeling with high-resolution microscopy to understand how fatigue cracks form near non-metallic inclusions in nickel superalloys. The research addresses durability of industrial alloy components and is not related to microplastics research.

2016 Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences 75 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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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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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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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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Plastic intermittency during cyclic loading: From dislocation patterning to microcrack initiation

This physics study examines how dislocation patterns in metals under cyclic loading lead to fatigue crack initiation at the microscale. It is a materials science paper studying microscale plastic deformation in metals, unrelated to environmental microplastics.

2019 Physical Review Materials 24 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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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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Effects of Grain Size and Humidity on Fretting Wear in Fine‐Grained Alumina, Al 2 O 3 /TiC, and Zirconia

This tribology study examined how grain size and humidity affect wear in ceramic materials (alumina and zirconia) under fretting conditions, finding that smaller grain sizes reduce wear through microplastic deformation of grain boundaries. This is a ceramics engineering study where 'microplastic deformation' refers to sub-yield material behavior, not environmental plastic particles.

1996 Journal of the American Ceramic Society 83 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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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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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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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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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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Effect of ceramic infrastructure on the failure behavior and stress distribution of fixed partial dentures

Researchers compared three ceramic infrastructure materials for multi-unit dental bridges under mechanical loading, finding that zirconia (YZ) outperformed alumina-based ceramics in fracture resistance and could maintain adequate strength even with a smaller connector cross-section.

2015 Dental Materials 24 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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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
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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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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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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