Study on Energy Dissipation Characteristics and Damage Law of Backfill under Cyclic Impact by Xianglong Li, Qinglian Zhou, Jianguo Wang, Wei Sun, Yongxin Yao, Yongbo Wu, Zhiping Zhang

“…Moreover, it was found that the mechanical properties of the filling body affect the whole combined specimen, and the dynamic strength of the combined specimen with the cement-sand ratio of 1 : 4 was higher than that of the cement-sand ratio of 1 : 6. …”
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Wear Resistance of B₄C-TiB₂ Ceramic Composite by Pavol Švec

“…Transgranular fracture with pullout of the surface and micro-crack formation in the direction perpendicular to the wear direction was observed on the worn surfaces.…”
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Breaking Mechanism and Damage Evolution Rule of Ultra-High-Pressure Water Jet Impacting Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete by Jialiang Liu, Yuelong Chen, Yujie Zhu

“…In the affected area of steel fiber, due to the inhomogeneity in the contact area of steel fiber and concrete, the stress concentration in the contact area is produced, causing the formation of propagated crack along the steel fiber. And the steel fiber has an obstruction effect on the development of broken bodies on the upper and lower sides of steel fiber. …”
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Study of Simulation Test in Inclusion Rockburst by Zhidong Wang, Liyun Li, Bingquan Liu, Chuang Han, Tianxiang Lan

“…The smaller the crack length, the greater the stress loading in failure, and the more the energy accumulated, the higher the fractal dimension of the fragments in failure. …”
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Experimental and Numerical Evaluation of Shear Strength of Directly and Indirectly Loaded Flanged Recycled Self-Compacted Reinforced Concrete Deep Beams by Thamer Hussein Amer Alhussein, Jamal Abdul Samad Khudhair

“…It was observed that beams with higher RCA exhibited higher deflection, strain, and crack width. …”
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Clarification of shear deformation behavior in Fe–Si amorphous alloys by molecular dynamics by Chieko Kuji, Narumasa Miyazaki, Masayoshi Mizutani, Keita Shimada, Nobuki Ozawa, Momoji Kubo, Tsunemoto Kuriyagawa

“…These results indicate that intermediate and distorted BCC structures in the SB provide directionality to the SB propagation and suggest that the slower model, in which cracks propagate toward the shear direction of the material and break it in a straight line, may produce a higher-quality surface in shear processing.…”
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Development of Natural Fiber Hybrid Composites Using Sugarcane Bagasse and Bamboo Charcoal for Automotive Thermal Insulation Materials by Fasika Abedom, S. Sakthivel, Daniel Asfaw, Bahiru Melese, Eshetu Solomon, S. Senthil Kumar

“…The fiber alignments, internal crack, and binding properties are checked by morphological test. …”
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Wear Properties of TiC-Reinforced Co50 Composite Coatings from Room Temperature to High Temperature by Nga Thi-Hong Pham, Van-Thuc Nguyen

“…With 30% TiC, the hardness obtains a higher hardness, but the surface appears to crack. …”
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Experimental study on the splitting tensile failure of a carbon nanotube-modified fly ash foamed concrete filler by Shukun Zhang, Xinghui Wu, Peng Jiang, Haohao Wang, Shuai Wang, Haojie Yang, Lu Lu

“…At a low loading rate, the CNT-modified foamed concrete backfill dissipated less energy, and the reverse was true for higher rates.…”
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Experimental Study of Size Effects on the Deformation Strength and Failure Characteristics of Hard Rocks under True Triaxial Compression by Qiang Han, Yaohui Gao, Yan Zhang

“…However, the damage stress (σcd) and peak strength (σp) have obvious size effect; that is, the smaller the sample size is, the higher the strength is. Additionally, the relationship among the peak strength, sample size, and intermediate principal stress (σ2) is power function. …”
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A Study on Using Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites for Shear and Flexural Enhancement of Reinforced Concrete Beams by Hibretu Kaske Kassa, Getinet Melesse, Gashahun Yabasa

“…In the concrete construction sector, issues such as tensile strength of structural elements, brittle mode of failure, rapid crack propagation, and increased overload are common. …”
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Laser surface melting and heat treatment of Tomilloy nickel-based superalloy as gas turbine transition part after service by Bahareh Mohammadi, Homam Naffakh-Moosavy, Hamed Fatemi

“…The measured penetration depth at higher speeds, namely 70, and 80 mm/s, was low, and the passes had inadequate overlap. …”
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High-temperature tensile mechanical behavior and ablation mechanisms of three-dimensional multi-directions braided carbon/boron-modified phenolic composites by Wentao Yang, Yang Jin, Zhengyan Yang, Diantang Zhang

“…In contrast, 3D6d has additional cracks extending along sixth yarn.…”
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Comparison of properties of HAp and CaTiO3-HAp ceramic composite fabricated by different sintering conditions by Chiengsorn Rawisada, Lioroongcharoen Supimkarn, Charoenpanich Adisri, Chanadee Tawat

“…The alkaline phosphatase activity of MG-63 cells was higher on both ceramics cultured in osteogenic differentiation medium than in complete growth medium, which indicated more efficient osteoinductivity.…”
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Type I Fracture Toughness Test of Rock-like Materials Based on the Particle Flow Method by Ling Yue, Bangyong Yu, Chengxi Zhao, Fei Guo, Fei Huang

“…In order to investigate the feasibility and reliability of the three-dimensional particle flow method in simulating the type I fracture toughness test, four types of numerical samples were established by particle flow code PFC3D: straight crack three-point bending (SC3PB), edge cracked flattened semicircular disc (ECFSD), cracked chevron notched Brazilian disc (CCNBD), and edge cracked flattened ring (ECFR). …”
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Effect of the Reinforcement Phase on Indentation Resistance and Damage Characterization of Glass/Epoxy Laminates Using Acoustic Emission Monitoring by C. Suresh Kumar, K. Saravanakumar, P. Prathap, M. Prince, G. Bharathiraja, S. Kannan, S. Madhu, P. Kumaran

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Possibilities and scope of environmental protection through criminal law: The new environmental crime directive by Stojanović Zoran, Bodrožić Ivana

“…The second is dedicated to the structure, aims and goals of the new Environmental Crime Directive in fighting environmental crime, as a part of fulfilling processes of the European Green Deal. …”
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Dual-phase ceramics based on multi-cation boride and carbide: Investigations at the nanoscale by Steven M. Smith, II, Nicola Gilli, William G. Fahrenholtz, Gregory E. Hilmas, Sandra García-González, Emilio Jiménez-Piqué, Stefano Curtarolo, Laura Silvestroni

“…Specifically, Ti and Nb had higher concentrations in the boride, whereas Hf and Ta in the carbide. …”
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Identifying fracture-controlled resonance modes for structural health monitoring: insights from Hunter Canyon Arch (Utah, USA) by G. Grechi, G. Grechi, J. R. Moore, M. E. McCreary, E. K. Jensen, S. Martino

“…An evolutionary crack damage model was then applied to simulate fracture propagation, confirming that only this higher mode is sensitive to structural damage resulting from fracture growth. …”
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Al2O3/Al hybrid nanolaminates with superior toughness, strength and ductility by Paul Baral, Sahar Jaddi, Hui Wang, Andrey Orekhov, Nicolas Gauquelin, Alireza Bagherpour, Frederik Van Loock, Michaël Coulombier, Audrey Favache, Morgan Rusinowicz, Johan Verbeeck, Stéphane Lucas, Jean-Pierre Raskin, Hosni Idrissi, Thomas Pardoen

“…This is almost two orders of magnitude higher than bulk alumina and higher than any other thin hard coatings. …”
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