Fatigue and fracture mechanics
Fatigue and fracture mechanics is a research topic within Mechanics of Materials. Science Explorer counts 50k research works in it since 1950. 15.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers covers advances in fatigue mechanics and fracture analysis, including topics such as fatigue crack closure, multiaxial fatigue criterion, thermographic methodology for fatigue limit determination, microstructure-sensitive modeling of fatigue crack formation, and probabilistic fatigue life prediction. The research also delves into high-cycle fatigue behavior, stress intensity factors, crack propagation mechanisms, and the application of local approaches to fracture assessment.
- Fatigue Crack Closure
- Fracture Toughness Testing
- Multiaxial Fatigue Criterion
- Thermographic Methodology
- Microstructure-Sensitive Modeling
- Probabilistic Fatigue Life Prediction
- High-Cycle Fatigue Behavior
- Stress Intensity Factors
- Crack Propagation Mechanism
- Local Approach to Fracture
- Research works
- 50k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 7.8k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 15.6% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +3% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Fatigue and fracture mechanics research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.3k and 481 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 2.3k works
- 2 United States 481 works
- 3 Japan 368 works
- 4 India 326 works
- 5 Germany 297 works
- 6 United Kingdom 178 works
- 7 France 165 works
- 8 Italy 153 works
- 9 Russia 150 works
- 10 South Korea 138 works
How concentrated that is
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Which institutions lead Fatigue and fracture mechanics research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Southwest Jiaotong University publishes the most Fatigue and fracture mechanics research, followed by Northwestern Polytechnical University and Beihang University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 78 works
- 2 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 71 works
- 3 Beihang UniversityChina 66 works
- 4 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 51 works
- 5 Tongji UniversityChina 50 works
- 6 Tianjin UniversityChina 42 works
- 7 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 42 works
- 8 Dalian University of TechnologyChina 41 works
- 9 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 41 works
- 10 East China University of Science and TechnologyChina 40 works
Who are the leading researchers in Fatigue and fracture mechanics?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Fatigue and fracture mechanics include Dierk Raabe, Ted Belytschko and John W. Hutchinson.
- 1 Dierk Raabe Germany 4.5k citations
- 2 Ted Belytschko United States 4.1k citations
- 3 John W. Hutchinson United States 3.2k citations
- 4 A.G. Evans United States 3.2k citations
- 5 Hiroshi Yamaguchi Japan 2.9k citations
- 6 Zdeněk P. Bažant United States 2.8k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Fatigue and fracture mechanics research done?
The largest centres of Fatigue and fracture mechanics research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Xi'an (China) and Chengdu (China).
Where is the best place to study Fatigue and fracture mechanics?
Among universities, judged by research, Southwest Jiaotong University, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology and Beihang University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina | 68.3 | 26.4% | 17.0× | 78 | -5.3% |
| 2 | Lappeenranta-Lahti University of TechnologyFinland | 67.3 | 28.1% | 16.4× | 10 | +184.3% |
| 3 | Beihang UniversityChina | 65.6 | 22.0% | 10.0× | 66 | +27.1% |
| 4 | Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina | 64.7 | 22.8% | 10.4× | 71 | -12.2% |
| 5 | Iran University of Science and TechnologyIran | 63.7 | 34.1% | 10.8× | 17 | +31.4% |
| 6 | Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina | 59.7 | 19.1% | 9.7× | 51 | +18.7% |
| 7 | Tongji UniversityChina | 58.9 | 25.3% | 6.6× | 50 | +56.2% |
| 8 | East China University of Science and TechnologyChina | 58.8 | 19.8% | 13.4× | 40 | +19.2% |
| 9 | Leibniz University HannoverGermany | 58.8 | 32.2% | 7.3× | 12 | +128.0% |
| 10 | Tianjin UniversityChina | 58.4 | 28.4% | 6.0× | 42 | +67.4% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Fatigue and fracture mechanics research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 3% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2019. The fastest-growing topics are Fatigue and fracture mechanics.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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